Operation Yewtree

Operation Yewtree (also known as the Yewtree inquisition) is a police investigation into historical sexual abuse allegations some dating back more than 30 or 40 years. It began with the investigation into the British media personality Jimmy Savile (who died in 2011). The investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Service started in October 2012 but quickly expanded. After a period of assessment, it became a full criminal investigation involving inquiries into many living people (mostly involved in the entertainment industry) as well as Savile.

External links

• No justice system for old men

• Former BBC driver David Smith found dead after failing to show in court

• Operation Yewtree (Wikipedia)

• The moral lynching of Barbara Hewson

• Yewtree is destroying the rule of law

• Is this justice, or naming and shaming?

• Can you see what they did yet?

• Operation Yewtree: putting the past on trial
• Freddie Starr vows to bring Operation Yewtree 'down on its knees' after fourth arrest over historical sex abuse claims