Jimmy Savile's former Highland cottage targeted by vandals

Vandals have targeted the former home of disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile.

Police in Fort William said Savile's cottage at Allt Na Reigh had been daubed with "abusive slogans" during Saturday night.

The property has stood empty since the TV presenter died last year aged 84. He had owned it since 1998.

Plans had been drawn up to convert it into a disability centre run by the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust, but the project was shelved when the charity announced it was closing because of the scandal.

Savile is suspected of having abused around 300 children during 40 years at institutions including the BBC, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Broadmoor secure psychiatric hospital.

On Sunday the Metropolitan Police team investigating the allegations against Savile arrested the former pop star Gary Glitter on suspicion of sex offences.

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