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| Savile's Glencoe home vandalised | Savile's Glencoe home vandalised |
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| Abusive slogans have been painted on a house in the Scottish Highlands which belonged to disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile. | Abusive slogans have been painted on a house in the Scottish Highlands which belonged to disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile. |
| It is thought Savile, who died last year aged 84, may have abused hundreds of young girls and some boys over a 40-year period. | It is thought Savile, who died last year aged 84, may have abused hundreds of young girls and some boys over a 40-year period. |
| His house at Allt Na Reigh in Glencoe was vandalised overnight. | |
| "Jimmy the beast" was written on the wall of the house and the door was badly damaged. | "Jimmy the beast" was written on the wall of the house and the door was badly damaged. |
| Savile is alleged to have carried out abuse at a number of institutions, such as the high security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary and the BBC. | Savile is alleged to have carried out abuse at a number of institutions, such as the high security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary and the BBC. |
| The TV presenter and DJ, who was knighted in 1996, was a UK household name in the 1970s and 80s. | The TV presenter and DJ, who was knighted in 1996, was a UK household name in the 1970s and 80s. |
| Savile bought the Glencoe cottage in 1998 and was described as an "adopted local" by community leaders after his death. | Savile bought the Glencoe cottage in 1998 and was described as an "adopted local" by community leaders after his death. |
| The cottage was to be sold earlier this year but the sale was halted by Savile's charitable trust, who announced plans to convert it into a respite centre for the disabled. | The cottage was to be sold earlier this year but the sale was halted by Savile's charitable trust, who announced plans to convert it into a respite centre for the disabled. |
| That plan has now been shelved after the charity announced it is to close down. | That plan has now been shelved after the charity announced it is to close down. |