Compensation deal agreed for Jimmy Savile victims

A compensation scheme for the victims of sex attacker Jimmy Savile has been approved by a High Court judge.

The agreement was struck between executors of Savile's estate - worth about £4m - and lawyers representing the claimants.

Mr Justice Sales approved the deal at the London hearing.

But he dismissed an attempt to replace the NatWest bank as the executor of the Savile estate.

The television presenter and DJ is said to have abused more than 200 people over a 60-year period.

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