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Police investigate Savile abuse claim by local girl

DISGRACED star Jimmy Savile has been accused of pinning down a local woman in an attempt to become intimate with her after taking part in a charity walk in Guernsey during the 1970s.

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DISGRACED star Jimmy Savile has been accused of pinning down a local woman in an attempt to become intimate with her after taking part in a charity walk in Guernsey during the 1970s.

The individual, now 58, has reported the alleged attack to Guernsey Police.

AFR Advocates has confirmed it is representing the woman, who is considering whether to join other victims of alleged abuse in making a compensation claim.

She claimed that the star tried to abuse her after a charity walk in 1973, when he allegedly lured her back to his room at the Duke of Richmond Hotel.

She was 18 at the time.

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