My 32 years with Jimmy Savile: Disgraced star's PA brands him a manipulative bully who thought he was untouchable
Follow @mediaukprintFrom Torin Douglas's Media Brief - posted
"Jimmy Saviles former PA last night branded the disgraced TV star a manipulative bully who was sly enough to cover his tracks during his sick campaign of abuse against young girls", reports the Daily Mirror. It says "Janet Cope told how the predatory paedophile had an explosive temper that terrified everyone from hospital staff to fundraisers. The 70-year-old spent 32 years as Mrs Fix-it to Savile, becoming one of his closest confidantes. Janet initially stuck by him when the allegations of his perverted past surfaced.
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