Mystery surrounds ‘ex-officer’ who saw Savile seduce girl in lay-by

The former Leeds Pc spoke to the Daily Mirror and the BBC under the pseudonym Paul Leonard, claiming he had found Savile sitting in his Rolls-Royce in a lay-by near Roundhay Park with a young girl in 1965.

He told the newspaper the disgraced DJ said he was waiting for midnight when the girl turned 16, and threatened: “If you want to keep your job I suggest you get on your bike.”

West Yorkshire Police have appealed for the man to speak to them about the incident, saying he had not come forward before despite repeated appeals for information.

A spokesman said: “To our knowledge, Mr Leonard was not one of those who made contact.

“Given that Paul Leonard used a pseudonym, a false name, in his media interviews his identity or the content of what he says is very difficult to verify. We are however keen to speak to ‘Mr Leonard’ in order that this can be investigated thoroughly.”

The former officer told the Daily Mirror that he had been warned off pursuing the incident by a more senior officer.

His account came after Surrey police released a transcript of an interview with Savile over alleged sex crimes in 2009, in which he bragged about contact with senior officers in West Yorkshire and claimed to have successfully sued five newspapers.

He claimed he had been targeted with false claims by blackmailers, and said: “I have up in Yorkshire, where I live in Leeds, a collection of senior police persons who come to see me socially, but I give them all my weirdo letters.”