Saville, Lee Travis, Souter And Now Gambaccini

[Gromit]

Can anyone spot the common denominator?

[maggiebee]

Posted about Paul Gambaccini earlier. Can't believe it!

[ferret69]

They are all Italian Tailors

[Eve]

Aren't they all DJs? Or have done DJing.

[DrFilth]

well paid by the bbc

[tonyav]

Well I can spot the odd one out.

[shoota]

Legends in their own lunchbox?

[LCDMAN]

As I understand it, Mr Gambaccini's "crime" was having a gay partner below the legal age, when the legal age was 21 (as it used to be). Not sure we can lump him in with the other pervs...

[ichkeria]

Do you have a reliable source for that information? it seems a bit unlikely that anyone would be prosecuted nowadays for that, even if it was illegal in those days.

[jno]

they do all appear to have had some BBC connection. Whether there really was a link, or it's just a common factor, I don't know. Souton was in Loddon, not London.

[VHG]

They all worked in the pop music industry, which is well known to attract young girls (and boys) who want to meet their idols.

The fact they also worked at the BBC may be a coincidence.

After all Gary Glitter was not a DJ at the BBC.

[jno]

I suspect Glitter's victims were too young to be fans. He, like Savile and Souter, seems to have been a predator. The others - possibly not, but we'll have to wait till the courts deal with them to be sure.

[ludwig]

There's probably a firm of solicitors somewhere called Savile, Lee travis, Souter and Gambaccini thinking 'oh for f*ks sake'.

[FredPuli43]

Agree about Gambaccini, if what is claimed is true. The CPS would never think the man should be charged because of an offence contrary to a law which was widely disliked and which has now been abolished. It is not in he public interest. It's doubtful whether to do so is constitutional, as the Americans would say, even if technically possible, it offends our principles of justice. Whatever next? Prosecuting somebody for blasphemy ?Or being a petty chapman wandering abroad without giving a good account of himself[contrary to the same act, the Vagrancy Act, which gave us the 'sus law']?

[emmie]

the BBC, not all are DJ's - souter was a BBC presenter.

[sandyRoe]

Whatever happened to Jonathan King? You don't hear much of him these days.

[emmie]

such a charmer.....

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-king-the-only-apology-i-have-is-to-say-that-i-was-good-at-seduction-7658249.html

[beejay1124]

^
LCDMAN

As I understand it, Mr Gambaccini's "crime" was having a gay partner below the legal age, when the legal age was 21 (as it used to be). Not sure we can lump him in with the other pervs
......really!!!!!!!!!

[sandyRoe]

Wouldn't it depend what age the partner was? If he was twenty, for example, the offence would be far less serious than if he was fourteen.