Wednesday 8 June 2022 11:22 PM Paul Gambaccini suggests Keir Starmer urged police to probe historic sex abuse ... trends now
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Sir Keir Starmer was dubbed the ‘witchfinder general’ yesterday who led the ‘witchhunt’ of celebrities accused of sex abuse.
Veteran DJ Paul Gambaccini described the Labour leader as ‘ground zero’, suggesting he had urged police chiefs to investigate historical allegations in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex scandal. Speaking at the launch of a campaign for suspects to receive anonymity, the Radio 2 presenter claimed Sir Keir was the driving force behind a number of police inquiries into celebrities when he was Director of Public Prosecutions. Sir Keir was the head of the Crown Prosecution Service when the Met launched Operation Yewtree in 2012 which investigated a series of innocent stars including Gambaccini and comedian Jim Davidson, as well as others such as Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter who were convicted.
‘Unfortunately he was witchfinder general, ground zero in the entire witchhunt [as] said to me by Michael Gove, when he was justice minister,’ Gambaccini said. ‘We all wanted to know, who thought this was a good idea? Where did this madness come from and Michael Gove talked to the police heads and they said it came from Keir Starmer.’
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