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Jimmy Savile

Sir Jimmy Savile mugged

TV legend has his famed pink specs swiped

Friday, 16 November 2007

Sir Jimmy Savile has been robbed in the street.

The TV legend, 81, had his famous pink specs stolen by a woman thought to be in her 20s.

The incident took place on Wednesday after an awards do at the Queen's Hotel in Leeds.

But Sir Jimmy - who was uninjured - joked that the mugging reminded him of his heyday, when he was a chick magnet.

‘I was walking down the corridor and this girl jumped on me from the side and wrestled my John Lennon-style glasses off my head and legged it down the corridor,' he tells the Daily Express.

'I thought it was marvellous because I haven’t been jumped on by a girl for nearly 50 years. If I ever find her I'd like to buy her a box of chocolates.

'It was a moment of mad impulse and I think the glasses will finish up on eBay.'

Police say their inquries are ongoing.

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