Claim: Keir Starmer stopped Jimmy Savile being charged in 2009.
Fact-check: Keir Starmer led the CPS when it did not charge Jimmy Savile, but he wasn't the reviewing lawyer - Full Fact
Verdict: mr starmer was head of the cps when the decision was made not to prosecute savile but he was not the reviewing lawyer for the case. an official investigation commissioned later by starmer criticised both prosecutors and police for their handling of the allegations.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Pippa Allen-Kinross
Date published: 2020-06-26T00:00:00