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BRITISH COMEDIAN FREDDIE Starr was bailed this afternooon after a second round of questioning by police investigating sexual abuse allegations surrounding the late television personality Jimmy Savile.
Police had initially arrested Starr on Thursday and bailed him several hours later, before bringing the 69-year-old in again.
Starr returned to a police station on bail and was interviewed, said a spokesman for Scotland Yard police headquarters.
“He has been re-bailed to a date in December,” he added.
The police have said only that a man in his 60s was arrested in the central English county of Warwickshire, but British broadcasters and newspapers all named him as Starr.
Starr is the second person arrested in the investigation after 1970s glam rocker Gary Glitter was held and then bailed on Sunday.
It follows claims by a woman who has publicly accused Savile of abusing her that Starr touched her while they were both in a BBC dressing room in the 1970s, when she was just 14.
Starr vehemently denied this and in a television interview last month welcomed the chance to speak to police in order to clear his name.
He found fame as a comedian in the 1970s and is best known as the subject of one of the most memorable headlines in British newspaper history, when The Sun ran the 1986 front-page splash: “Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster”.
Savile, who died last year aged 84 after a long career in British television and radio, has been accused of abusing around 300 victims over a 40-year period at a number of institutions, including the BBC and three hospitals.
The scandal has snowballed since claims that Savile molested underage girls were broadcast in a television documentary last month.
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I’ve always wondered why this wasn’t done before!
All airlines make a big part of there revenue carrying cargo in the holds, so unless they are going to stop passengers bringing luggage all together then I can’t see this happening.
@Gavin R: Yes, you probably know more about the economics of commercial air travel than the collected wisdom of Airbus and the airlines that they sell too.
@JΛCQUʘRΛПDΛ: Hes right you know! This is a field I have expertise in and I can assure you airlines will not be keen to pass over valuable onboard real estate to a handful of bunks!
Won’t happen, can make more from cargo
Aer Lingus used a variation of this years ago for a crew rest area. Nothing new. It takes up a lot of space and reduces cargo and luggage space so they would have to charge a pretty penny to use them. Might be nice in a super long haul flight though.
Would be a handy place to go for a ****
@Finbarr Dowling: A s**t?
@VeeryDrink: no, a s***
@VeeryDrink: wrong one.
@Finbarr Dowling: H! can I get a H please?.. this is hangman right?
Sweet flying Spaghetti monster yes.
Boeing wont take this lying down!
This sounds like a dream come true. Anyone who has taken more than a 5 hour flight knows, all you want to do is stretch out and get horizontal and make the flight go as fast as possible! #ihateflying
April 1st story??
I hate flying but have always thought that a bed would be preferable to a seat anytime. Could not more passengers fit on a plane if placed horizontally in tiers? There is nothing one can do on a journey except relax as pilots & crew are in charge of your safe arrival. Why not get some shut eye? Probably not enough space or privacy for intimate stuff but could be nice to cuddle up with your other half…if you are lucky enough to be on holidays.
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