By Claire Ellicott and Stephen Wright and Ben Spencer PUBLISHED: 17:39 EST, 16 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:21 EST, 17 October 2013 Probe: A former inspector accused of 'acting on behalf' of Jimmy Savile by contacting Surrey Police officers before they interviewed the paedophile presenter is being formally investigated A former police inspector ‘acted on behalf’ of Jimmy Savile before his controversial interview over sex assaults of teenage girls, it was claimed last night. The West Yorkshire-based officer is alleged to have contacted Surrey Police before its detectives interviewed Savile in 2009. Transcripts of the interviews – released by the force this week – provoked anger as they appeared to show detectives adopting a kid-glove approach to the DJ and paedophile who was being accused of sexually assaulted girls at a school in Staines during the 1970s.
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Officer called Surrey Police detectives before questioning started in 2009
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The West Yorkshire-based inspector believed to have organised interview
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Former Leeds police officer reveals officers turned a blind eye to Savile
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Paul Leonard found the star in a car with a young girl and was told by him: 'I'm waiting for midnight when she turns 16... so p*** off'
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His victims are furious over the police's soft interrogation
The officer told @placeholder that he knew the DJ ‘personally’ and allegedly brokered the interview with Savile.