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dipsydoodle

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 06:24 AM Oct 2012

BBC covered up a second 'national treasure' child abuser known as Uncle Dick, claims Corporation vet [View all]

The BBC covered up a second paedophile who abused children repeatedly in the corporation’s toilets, it has been revealed.

Revered journalist John Simpson claims a radio presenter, at the time one of the biggest names at the BBC, preyed upon youngsters after they won competitions to tour the studios and meet him.

But when Simpson, who has worked at the BBC for more than 40 years, tried to expose the predatory paedophile to Corporation bosses, he was called an ‘idiot’ and instead told to praise the star.

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Claims that bosses covered up child abuse spanning 40 years by a second paedophile, said to be 'a children's favourite', will cast further doubt on the practices at the Corporation.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2218932/BBC-covered-second-national-treasure-child-abuser-known-Uncle-Dick-claims-John-Simpson.html#ixzz29YC3BKwA

This is going further and further downhill. Simply search "radio presenter death in 1967" to find out to whom this refers.

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