What was the name of the operation that resulted from the Jimmy Saville Sex Scandal?
"the size of a small city."" Carole Malone claimed the case against Travis was a ""witch-hunt"", adding ""if police spent more of their limited time and resources hunting dangerous sex criminals – and less on celebrity gropers – the world would be a safer place."" According to ""The Guardian"", the failed Metropolitan Police investigation, Operation Midland, was ""forged by the experience of the Jimmy Savile scandal, and the subsequent Operation Yewtree inquiry""; in particular, the use of a high-profile press conference to get additional victims to come forward to corroborate each other’s stories. In February 2016, the late Irish Supreme"
"Operation Yewtree Operation Yewtree is a police investigation into sexual abuse allegations, predominantly the abuse of children, against the British media personality Jimmy Savile and others. The investigation, led by the Metropolitan Police Service, started in October 2012. After a period of assessment it became a full criminal investigation, involving inquiries into living people, notably other celebrities, as well as Savile. The report of the investigations into the activities of Savile himself was published, as ""Giving Victims a Voice"", in January 2013. Operation Yewtree continued as an investigation into others, some but not all linked with Savile. By October 2015,"
"in 1992, for which she successfully underwent neurosurgery. As a result, she agreed to become a patron of the Different Strokes charity. In 1995 Julia Somerville and Jeremy Dixon were arrested by the Metropolitan Police after sending photos to be printed at Boots the Chemist in London. One photograph involved Somerville's daughter naked in a bathtub. When Dixon arrived at Boots to collect the prints the police were waiting and later his and Somerville's house was searched but nothing was seized. Both suspects were placed on police bail pending further enquiries; later the allegations were dropped. In August 2001, 47-year-old"
"Giving Victims a Voice Giving Victims a Voice is a report published in January 2013, relating to allegations of sexual abuse made against English DJ and BBC Television presenter Jimmy Savile (1926–2011) as part of the Operation Yewtree criminal investigation. It was initiated as a result of publicity surrounding the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) jointly produced this report. It marked the end of investigations made under the operation regarding Savile alone. The scandal resulted in hundreds of alleged victims of Savile and"
"Operation Whistle Operation Whistle is an investigation by the States of Jersey Police into allegations of historical sexual abuse of children in Jersey. In a press release by the States of Jersey Police, they have stated that it is being carried on under the auspices of Operation Hydrant. It is cooperating with Operation Yewtree due to the involvement of entertainer Jimmy Savile. Sky News have reported that the scope of the investigation includes allegations relating to activities at the Haut de la Garenne children's home, and that Jersey police have confirmed that allegations against the former British prime minister Edward"
"by Savile. Of the alleged victims, 82% were female and 80% were children or young people. There were 31 allegations of rape by Savile across seven police force areas. Commander Spindler said: ""Savile's offending peaked in the 70s and what we... will be showing... is how he used his position in society... to get his sexual gratification."" The operation had involved 30 police officers, and its cost so far was estimated at about £2 million. On 11 January 2013, ""Giving Victims a Voice"", a report into allegations of sexual abuse made against Jimmy Savile under Operation Yewtree by the Metropolitan"
"her eventual focus on mental health. Jimmy would later disclose that the couple's Georgia years were when they became ""keenly aware of the unmet needs of people in our state who suffered from mental and emotional disabilities."" Mary Prince (an African American woman wrongly convicted of murder, and later pardoned) was Amy's nanny for most of the period from 1971 until Jimmy Carter's presidency ended, partly thanks to Rosalynn's belief in Prince's innocence. In April 1977, Carter underwent surgery to remove a nonmalignant breast tumor. In August 1977, Carter had a gynecological procedure at Bethesda Naval Hospital, her press secretary"
"said: ""We are dealing with alleged abuse on an unprecedented scale. The profile of this operation has empowered a staggering number of victims to come forward to report the sexual exploitation which occurred during their childhood."" John Cameron of the NSPCC said that Savile was ""a well-organised prolific sex offender, who's used his power, his authority, his influence to procure children and offend against them."" On 25 October the police reported that the number of possible victims was ""fast approaching 300"". It was also reported that police were looking at allegations that three doctors in hospitals with which Savile had"
"reached an out-of-court settlement with the Crown Prosecution Service and received an undisclosed amount in damages. Operation Yewtree was the inspiration for a drama, ""National Treasure"", starring Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters and Andrea Riseborough. Coltrane played Paul Finchley, a fictional light-entertainment performer accused of rape, Walters played Finchley's wife Marie, and Riseborough played their daughter Danielle (""Dee""). The four-part series, by The Forge, was broadcast September–October 2016 on Channel 4. Operation Yewtree Operation Yewtree is a police investigation into sexual abuse allegations, predominantly the abuse of children, against the British media personality Jimmy Savile and others. The investigation, led by"
"Operation Spanner Operation Spanner was the name of an operation carried out by police in the United Kingdom city of Manchester in 1987, as a result of which a group of homosexual men were convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for their involvement in consensual sadomasochism over a ten-year period. The resulting House of Lords case (""R v Brown"", colloquially known as ""the Spanner case"") ruled that consent was not a valid legal defence for wounding and actual bodily harm in the UK, except as a foreseeable incident of a lawful activity in which the person injured was participating,"
"to be asleep when Savile was due to visit. Dr Michael Salmon, consultant paediatrician at Stoke Mandeville hospital, was convicted and jailed for three years in 1990 for indecent assaults on teenaged girl patients, two thirteen-year-olds and one sixteen-year-old girl. In the aftermath of the Savile scandal, Salmon was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree on 17 December 2013. He was subsequently convicted of nine indecent assaults and two rapes, with victims' ages ranging from eleven to eighteen and having occurred between 1973 and 1988 and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Despite working at the hospital at the"
"in ""My Family at War"", a short series of programs that aired during the BBC's ""Remembrance"" season, broadcast in November 2008. He discovered that the experiences of his father and uncle during the Great War mirrored the lyrics of the song. In March 2013 Harris was one of 12 people arrested during Operation Yewtree, for questioning regarding historical allegations of sexual offences. The allegations were not linked to those made against Jimmy Savile, and Harris denied any wrongdoing. He was bailed without charge and did not comment publicly on the allegations, but was understood to deny them strongly. When returning"
"19 people had been arrested by Operation Yewtree; seven of these arrests led to convictions. The ""Yewtree effect"" has been credited for an increase in the number of reported sex crimes, while the operation also sparked a debate on police procedure and rights of those accused of sex crimes. An ITV documentary, ""Exposure: The Other Side of Jimmy Savile"", researched and presented by former police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, was broadcast on 3 October 2012, almost a year after Savile's death. The programme contained several allegations by women who said that, as teenagers, they had been sexually abused by radio and"
"embarrassed by the sexual encounter with Bierman from several days before. Because Perry did not have a working car at the time, Bob presumed he may have hitchhiked. On April 10, 2003, law enforcement arrested 59-year-old church Presbyterian minister and Boy Scouts leader Jack Wayne Rogers on child pornography and obscenity charges, as well as first-degree assault and practicing medicine without a license after Rogers removed a trans woman's genitals in a makeshift gender reassignment surgery at a hotel in Columbia, Missouri. The victim, Madison (née Michael) Abercrombie, stated: ""I didn't know his motivation when I went into it. I"
"and US intelligence agencies offered a number of deals to the Sudanese authorities, and Sudan cooperated. In 1994, Carlos was scheduled to undergo a minor testicular operation in a hospital in Sudan. Two days after the operation, Sudanese officials told him that he needed to be moved to a villa for protection from an assassination attempt and would be given personal bodyguards. One night later, the bodyguards went into his room while he slept, tranquilized and tied him, and took him from the villa. On 14 August 1994, Sudan transferred him to French agents of the DST, who flew him"
"faced unrelated inquiries. Allegations regarding Jimmy Savile were investigated as part of Operation Yewtree. A report into his alleged offences, ""Giving Victims a Voice"", was released in January 2013. Greater Manchester Police investigated Cyril Smith as part of Operation Jaguar. In 2014, The Metropolitan Police started Operation Cayacos, an investigation into historical claims of child abuse by a paedophile ring linked to Peter Righton. Tom Watson stated that files on Righton contained ""clear intelligence of a widespread paedophile ring."" Wiltshire Police launched Operation Conifer in 2015 to examine claims against Edward Heath. Elm Guest House claims and controversy The Elm"
"Operation Save America Operation Save America (formerly Operation Rescue National) is a fundamentalist Christian conservative organization based in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, that opposes human induced abortion and its legality, Islam, and homosexuality. In 1994, Flip Benham became the director of the organization, then called ""Operation Rescue National"". Benham replaced Keith Tucci, who had replaced Randall Terry. Terry, Tucci and Benham have all been convicted of crimes related to their protest activities. Rusty Thomas is the current national director, having taken over when Flip Benham stepped down. In the late 1990s, Benham abandoned the name of ""Operation"
"In December 2012, Boaden was asked to temporarily step down from her position as the Director of BBC News while the BBC awaited the results of Operation Yewtree, a wide-ranging police investigation of sexual abuse, primarily of children, by former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile (who died in 2011) and others. A second and parallel investigation, launched by the BBC into possible management failings at the Corporation, called the ""Pollard Report"" after the lead investigator, Nick Pollard (a former senior executive at ""Sky News)"", criticised the BBC and several executive members for continuing with plans to celebrate Savile's life, despite apparently"
"quickly withdrawn from sale due to fears of being sued for libel by Jimmy Savile as Sadowitz references rumours of the TV personality being a paedophile. Following Savile's death in 2011, a police investigation into his alleged activities began. An article in the Daily Mail referred to the Sadowitz accusation. After a brief run as a columnist for ""Time Out"" magazine, he embarked on the ""Lose Your Comic Virginity"" tour in 1989. At this time he was how being managed by Jon Thoday's fledgling Avalon Entertainment Ltd. The tour culminated in a show at the Dominion Theatre in London, the"
"International and Organised Crime Branch of Specialist Operations. In the reorganisation of 1995, it became part of the Organised Crime Group. The officer in charge was a chief inspector until 1972 and a superintendent thereafter, assisted by an inspector and a number of sergeants and constables. By 1993, it had sixteen police officers and ten civilian staff (responsible for administration, storing evidence, and, along with the officers, viewing and assessing material). In 1995, newsreader Julia Somerville and her partner were arrested by the unit after they took nude pictures of Somerville's daughter in the bath for development at Boots. They"
"caused by disorders of the female reproductive system. Sims received honors and medals for his successful operations in many countries. Since the 20th century, the necessity of many of these surgeries has been questioned. He performed surgery for what were considered gynecological issues: such as clitoridectomies, believed to control hysteria or improper behavior related to sexuality. These were done at the requests of the women's husbands or fathers, who were permitted under the law to commit the women to surgery involuntarily. Under the patronage of Napoleon III, Sims organized the American-Anglo Ambulance Corps, which treated wounded soldiers from both sides"
"authorized a ""surgical raid"" to be conducted by United States Navy SEALs. The operation took place on May 1, 2011, and resulted in the shooting death of bin Laden and the seizure of papers, computer drives and disks from the compound. DNA testing was one of five methods used to positively identify bin Laden's corpse, which was buried at sea several hours later. Within minutes of the President's announcement from Washington, DC, late in the evening on May 1, there were spontaneous celebrations around the country as crowds gathered outside the White House, and at New York City's Ground Zero"
"doctor during a C-sect operation became a viral hit in January 2013. Samuel Armas Samuel Alexander Armas (born ) is the child shown in a famous photograph by Michael Clancy, dubbed the ""Hand of Hope,"" of his hand extending from an opening in his mother's uterus and touching his surgeon's finger during open fetal surgery for spina bifida. The photograph was taken during a medical procedure to fix the spina bifida lesion of a 21-week-old fetus in the womb. The operation was performed by a surgical team at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. The team, Dr. Joseph Bruner and Dr. Noel"
"to broaden the new statute to criminalize anal-genital, oral-genital, and oral-anal sexual contact involving same-sex couples (both male-male and female-female couples). Thus, the 1974 revised statute decriminalized consensual anal sex for mixed-sex couples but expanded criminalization of sexual acts to include both male and female same-sex couples. Jeffrey Wasson, a 23-year-old nursing student, was arrested in 1986 and charged with solicitation of same-sex sodomy as the result of an undercover sting operation conducted by the Lexington police. The police selected an area and conversed with men to see if they would be solicited for sex under the 1974 statute defining"
"birth certificate issued, with her recorded sex changed to female. She had a vaginoplasty on 15 May 1951. The operation was carried out by Sir Harold Gillies, widely considered the father of plastic surgery, with the assistance of American surgeon Ralph Millard. Gillies had operated on Michael Dillon, but vaginoplasty was then an entirely novel procedure, which Gillies had only performed experimentally on a cadaver. By 1954, her two business ventures, a racing car engineering company (Leacroft of Egham) and a clothing company had both ceased trading and her change of legal gender had made it impossible for her to"
"his ex-wife, while Dennis Rodman traded Savile's offering for a supply of cigarettes for the other housemates. In 2007, Savile returned to television with ""Jim'll Fix It Strikes Again"" showing some of the most popular fix-its, recreating them with the same people, and making new dreams come true. Savile is estimated to have raised £40 million for charity. One cause for which he raised money was Stoke Mandeville Hospital, where he volunteered for many years as a porter. He raised money for the Spinal Unit, NSIC (National Spinal Injuries Centre), and St Francis Ward – a ward for children and"
"that kind on April 7, 1904. He learned the procedure from Dr. George Goodfellow, who first performed the operation in 1891. Goodfellow's original purpose was to treat bladder problems caused by an enlarged prostate. Goodfellow traveled extensively across the United States for several years training other physicians in the operation, including Dr. Young. Goodfellow completed 78 operations and only two patients died, a remarkable level of success for the time period. In World War I Young was a Major in charge of the venereal health of the Doughboys in France. He fought prostitution near American bases vigorously and with the"
"caused by the spina bifida. Pictures from the surgery were printed in a number of newspapers in the U.S. and around the world, including USA Today. As a result of the operation, Armas was healthy when he was delivered on December 2, 1999. On September 25, 2003, the boy's parents, Alex and Julie, testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space about the photograph and their experience with in-utero surgery. In 1999, Matt Drudge hosted a Saturday night television show called ""Drudge"" on the Fox News Channel. In Nov 1999 he attempted to show Samuel's picture on"
"Crane had raped her in Boston many years previously (she later revealed that it had been Alistair who had done the deed, thus producing a son, Chad Harris-Crane). The most prominent rape storyline began in December 2006, when Crane heiress and police cadet Fancy Crane was raped during a sting operation designed to catch a peeping tom. The brutal attack left Fancy in a brief coma and emotionally traumatized the young woman. Fancy was also the show's first rape victim to visibly experience prolonged effects; her bubbly demeanor disappeared, and she became extremely nervous and could not stand to be"
"Danville. Ephraim McDowell Ephraim McDowell (November 11, 1771 – June 25, 1830) was an American physician and pioneer surgeon. The first person to successfully remove an ovarian tumor, he has been called ""the father of ovariotomy"" as well as founding father of abdominal surgery. McDowell was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, the ninth child of Samuel and Mary McDowell. His father was a veteran of the French and Indian War and a colonel during the American Revolution. In 1784 Samuel McDowell was appointed land commissioner and moved his family to Danville, Kentucky. There, he presided over ten conventions that resulted"
"public upset that Savile was never properly investigated over his alleged crimes, the Metropolitan Police launched Operation Fairbank as a scoping exercise to examine Watson's claims. Watson later publicly stated that two people had come forward and told him they were abused by Brittan. Over the next few years, additional allegations were reported in the media. Allegations were made that Liberal MP Cyril Smith, DJ Jimmy Savile, convicted rapist Sidney Cooke, and Foreign Office barrister Colin Peters were among those who visited the establishment. The police's Professional Standards Directorate examined potential criminal offences by undercover officers at the time of"
"an ""'awful' cost"": Bloody Sunday Inquiry The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in January of 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns for a second inquiry by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday during the peak of ethno-political violence known as The Troubles. It was published on 15 June 2010. The inquiry was set up to establish a definitive version of the events of Sunday 30 January 1972, superseding the tribunal set up under Lord Widgery"
"the mid-1980s he was an object of attacks by the magazine ""Private Eye"", to which his replies elicited more attacks. On 6 March 1986, a gang of burglars broke into the Saward family's home at lunchtime. Saward and his daughter Jill's then-boyfriend, David Kerr, were tied up and beaten, both suffering fractured skulls, while Jill (who died in 2017) was raped. Jill became an author and campaigner for victims of rape and sexual violence. She was the first rape victim in England to waive anonymity. Canon Saward served on many councils and committees, among which were the General Synod (1975–1995),"