John Peel's record collection online

However, I think to compare him to Savile is both unfair and crude.

I am not sure that I can agree with this. At a time when we talk about "zero-tolerance" for many things from racism to anti social behaviour, can we really operate anything else when it comes to the abuse of children. The defence that "they were throwing themselves at me" is akin to the defence used by the child prostitution rings recently when they described the children who they groomed and abused as "slags".

Did you fell any sympathy for Berlusconi or Ribery when they were involved with child prostitiutes?

I have known abusers. They did not have horns growing out of their heads. The successful ones were charming men who were good with and liked by children. Creepy ones like Saville often repel children.

Zero tolerance. That is all.