British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday backed down on an accusation he had made that the main opposition leader had failed to prosecute one of Britain's worst sex offenders, after the remark drew wide criticism including from his own lawmakers.
that he was responsible for the decision not to take action against Savile, a celebrated TV and radio host who was never prosecuted despite a number of police investigations.After his death in 2011, aged 84, it was revealed Savile had abused hundreds of victims, the youngest of whom was just eight.
"I'm talking not about the leader of the opposition's personal record when he was ... DPP and I totally understand that he had nothing to do personally with those decisions."
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