File photo dated 25/10/97 of Jimmy Savile as findings of a series of major investigations by NHS hospitals into allegations of abuse by the disgraced presenter have been published. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday June 26, 2014. See PA story HEALTH Savile. Photo credit should read: PA/PA Wire
The sexual predator had his own bed in Stoke Mandeville Hospital (Picture: PA)

Jimmy Savile sexually abused children as young as eight, a pregnant mother in her 20s and a 19-year-old paralysed woman in a wheelchair over a 24 year campaign of horror.

The sickening extent of his reign has been revealed today in a shocking new report.

There is clear evidence that senior staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital – where he had his own bedroom – knew about the abuse of young patients at the hands of Jimmy Savile.

Liz Dux, representing 44 of Savile’s victims, said: ‘We have clear evidence from Savile victims at Stoke Mandeville that senior staff knew about the abuse. Some people knew and decided to ignore it. Frankly, it beggars belief.

‘We expect the report to once again outline horrendous levels of abuse. And we believe it will also have uncovered many missed opportunities to stop the abuse and even bring Savile to justice.

1973: (FILE PHOTO) Jimmy Savile, 84, has reportedly died on October 29, 2011.Please refer to the following profile on Getty Images Archival for further imagery. http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/Search/Search.aspx?EventId=131000729&EditorialProduct=NewsJimmy Savile OBE, British disc jockey, television broadcaster and charity fundraiser looks on on Novemkber 5, 1973. (Photo by R. Poplowski/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
More shocking details of abuse will come to light in a new report (Picture: R. Poplowski/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

‘At Stoke Mandeville Savile had free rein – that in itself is inexcusable and in hindsight also inexplicable. That he used this power to commit horrific crimes against patients who had every reason to believe they were safe is shocking.’

Kate Lampard, who was appointed by the Department of Health to oversee the investigations, will also present recommendations on the lessons learnt from all Savile’s activities in the NHS at a press conference in London this morning.

Also being released today are the findings of investigations into a string of other hospitals and NHS organisations, announced in November after fresh abuse came to light.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. There were serious and significant failings in the way senior hospital managers responded to the outbreak of a deadly bug which killed at least 33 people at the hospital, the Hospitals Inspectorate said today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday July 24, 2006. In a highly critical report, the Healthcare Commission said lessons were not learned from the first outbreak of Clostridium Difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, between October 2003 and June 2004. Senior managers at the hospital failed to bring a second outbreak in 2005 quickly under control because they prioritised other objectives, such as the Government's targets on Accident and Emergency waiting times, the report said. See PA story HEALTH Infection. Photo credit should read: Tim Ockenden/PA.
Stoke Mandeville Hospital (Picture: Tim Ockenden/PA)

The sexual predator used the NHS and his celebrity status to ‘exploit and abuse’ patients and staff, the 28 investigation reports released last June found.

One of Savile’s victims at Stoke Mandeville said her attempts to tell a nurse about the abuse she received in the 1970s when she was 11 and recovering from a cancer operation were shrugged off.

The girl, named Abigail, said she reported the attack to the ward sister and was told: ‘You silly little girl, do you know what he does for the hospital?’

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