U.K Metropolitan Police, South Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Police
Countries Participated
United Kingdom
Mission
Target
Jimmy Savile (and others)
Timeline
Date begin
19 October 2012
Date end
2015
Results
Arrests
19
Convictions
7
Accounting
Operation Yewtree was a British police investigation into sexual abuse allegations, predominantly the abuse of children, against the English media personality Jimmy Savile and others. The investigation, led by the Metropolitan Police (Met), started in October 2012. After a period of assessment, it became a full criminal investigation, involving inquiries into living people, notably other celebrities,[1] as well as Savile, who had died the previous year.
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, 19 people had been arrested by Operation Yewtree;[2] seven of these arrests led to convictions. The "Yewtree effect" has been credited for an increase in the number of reported sex crimes,[3] while the operation also sparked a debate on police procedure and rights of those accused of sex crimes.
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^Dean, Lewis (24 January 2014). "Yewtree Effect: Trials of Dave Lee Travis, Rolf Harris and Bill Roache Led to Surge in Reported Sex Crimes". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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