THE SECRET DEATH OF GLITTER AND SAVILE’S PERVERT MATE DJ DENNING

Why was his passing kept from the public for months?

Chris Denning, described by a judge as 'depraved', was serving two sentences after being convicted of sex offences against children as young as eight under Operation Yewtree.

Denning had found fame in the 1960s as a BBC DJ, becoming one of the founders of  the station.

He was also a well-known acquaintance of Jimmy Savile and promoter of Gary Glitter  – they once held parties together.

His death, aged 81, from diabetes last year has only just been disclosed in a watchdog report into his care at HMP Bedford.

Why was this kept a secret? Historically and often for many other reasons, this information, and its like, should be made public as soon as possible. That is the way democracy ticks along - with transparency  and freedom of information.

He left the BBC for Decca Records, then moved to Bell Records, where he helped to launch the careers of paedophile Gary Glitter and the Bay City Rollers.

The group's manager, Tam Paton, was convicted of gross indecency involving boys aged 16 and 17.

Then in the 1970s Denning was exposed as a sex offender. He was convicted of gross indecency in 1974.

In 1988, he was jailed for three years for indecent assault and possessing indecent images.

In 1996, he was prosecuted for publishing indecent articles.

Despite his numerous convictions, he was invited in 1997 to participate in a 30-year anniversary reunion for BBC Radio 1, alongside Sir Terry Wogan, Tony Blackburn and John Peel.

And yet it was known that Denning was already a convicted sex offender in Europe before he found fame in the UK.

This kind of thing just raises questions of propriety, consideration and having empathy with victims trapped inside the dark corridors of your business having their lives altered at the seedy little hands of your employees…