Bandini's Brave Attempt To Get Some Dis(Closure).

 So this is what happened a few nights back. I had some exchange on Twitter regarding the Giving Victims A Voice Report, and afterwards I thought I'd check up on a few things. I couldn't easily locate the actual report. Instead I got this and I wondered what the hell it was.

Link here

https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/disclosure-2019/june/giving-victims-voice-joint-nspcc-mps-report/

Now, before I get into this, let me make a disclosure of my own. A few years ago I was aware that a good friend of our cause had submitted a Freedom Of Information Request (FOI) to The Metropolitan Police Force. But for some reason, I'd completely forgotten about it, so when I saw the above I did not initially, put the two together. That happened the following day. I also became aware that another good friend : the blogger known as Moor Larkin had blogged about the matter in 2019, and I didn't know that either (sorry Moor). I'll link his excellent post at the end of this so you can get his view of things. But for now, I want to keep things simple as I can. It's not easy to follow FOI requests, especially when you cannot actually find them anywhere. But I'll do my best.

This is what the MET issued. I have no idea when. The only date mentioned is the date they say they received B's request. I have to make this extra-large because neither you nor I can read it any other way.

If you're reading from the link above, you'll see there's a decision supplied at the bottom but before I tackle that, let's make sure B was right about those two official reports shall we ? 

Page 17 Giving Victims A Voice (Jan 2013) does indeed contain a 12 year old boy, 1972 etc.

Page 299 of Dame Smith's Report (20th February 2016) 

Link to Report. Apologies, I can't find the GVAV PDF that I found the other night but only via an Irish publication, because I can't find it now.

http://downloads.bbci.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/our_work/dame_janet_smith_review/savile/jimmy_savile_investigation.pdf

The two accounts are of the same alleged incident/s aren't they ? I'd say the Balance of Probability is quite high on that one. So, Bandini is on the money here and I for one want to know how the MPS responds to that and the one about just how many crimes this one claim amounted to in January 2013 ? Here goes :

"Duplicate and classified as no crime" ? You just know that the intrepid Bandini won't let that one lie. And what about the fact that the account of this ONE CRIME has changed significantly by the time the Dame's team here it ? Bandini won't be letting the MPS off that easily, I'm sure. And the response he gets is quite staggering. Well, it is if you believe in Justice and fairness and all that.

Surely the "decision" they're referring to is the initial decision of the Savile Police to NOT investigate the Savile claims at at all ? I find it hard to believe that they identified any "discrepencies" circa January 2013, although to be fair, there was the matter of that "duplicate". 

Now folks, that's enough disclosure from the MPS for this FOI Request. But, of course there's more and if they won't disclose it, then I jolly well will ! For Bandini if for no one else ! Here goes, the stuff he sent me.

Read that last paragraph which is supposed to explain why the MPS cannot supply a descriptions of the 214 alleged 'victims' recorded in GVAV January 2013. They cannot supply this information because they are STILL receiving allegations about Savile ! I'm sorry I don't think I have the documents they refer to including the one : "SAVILLE Allegations". If I do find them I shall update this post to included them.

Slippery aren't they ? Operation Yewtree - the bit featuring Savile, officially ended in December 2012/January 2013. Someone tell the BBC and the Huffington Post that that was NOT the case.

Not sure how I'd feel if I'd been one of those 300 that even the MET Police didn't believe ! Maybe some of them were "duplicates" ? Who knows ? Who has a right to know ? Not us, by the looks of things. Which leads me into that blog post by Moor Larkin who, like Bandini, struggles to make sense of things that simply don't make any sense. Read what he has to say about the FOI Request here. Makes one wonder why anyone bothers submitting such a thing in the first place. 

http://jimcannotfixthis.blogspot.com/2019/11/yewtree-real-truth.html

One final point to make about that last paragraph of their decision. WHY the rush to produce and publish a report about Jimmy Savile's alleged "Crimes" when those involved had to know that more alleged victims had to be out there ? All those voices left unheard ? Indeed !

Or maybe not ? The NSPCC you see, have continued their trawl for alleged victims. But that's another story for another day. I need a rest. Thank you for reading !

Bless you Bandini. You tried and for that you did your bit in the struggle of Right against Wrong. I hope you are well and happy. 

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