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| Savile producer Ted Beston will face no further police action | Savile producer Ted Beston will face no further police action |
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| A former BBC producer arrested by police investigating sex abuse claims against Jimmy Savile and others will face no further criminal action. | A former BBC producer arrested by police investigating sex abuse claims against Jimmy Savile and others will face no further criminal action. |
| Ted Beston, 76, was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences on 19 December as part of Operation Yewtree. | Ted Beston, 76, was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences on 19 December as part of Operation Yewtree. |
| Police said an investigation into a man in his 70s found there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution. | Police said an investigation into a man in his 70s found there was insufficient evidence to support a prosecution. |
| Mr Beston, of Bromley, in south-east London, had always denied the allegations against him. | |
| At the time of his arrest Mr Beston released a statement which said he "vehemently" denied abuse claims and that he had been shocked by the allegations of widespread abuse carried out by Savile. | |
| Mr Beston had worked with Savile on his Radio 1 shows, including Savile's Travels. | |
| The former producer was being investigated under the strand of the investigation termed "Savile and others" - meaning that the allegations were linked to Jimmy Savile. | The former producer was being investigated under the strand of the investigation termed "Savile and others" - meaning that the allegations were linked to Jimmy Savile. |
| A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "There was early investigative consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, but in accordance with the DPP's guidance on charging, the police did not submit the case for full CPS advice to decide the outcome." | A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "There was early investigative consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, but in accordance with the DPP's guidance on charging, the police did not submit the case for full CPS advice to decide the outcome." |
| Police say 450 victims have alleged abuse by Radio 1 DJ Savile, who died in October 2011. | |
| Operation Yewtree is the Met's investigation into allegations, some dating back decades, that have arisen since Savile was accused of abuse in a TV documentary in 2012. | |
| The operation has three strands. | |
| One is looking specifically at the actions of Savile. | |
| The second strand - which Mr Beston was arrested under - concerns allegations against "Savile and others". | |
| The third strand relates to alleged complaints against other people unconnected to the Jimmy Savile investigations. |