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Edinburgh's Bay City Rollers boss Tam Paton compared to Jimmy Savile in new ITV documentary

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has compared the manager of an Edinburgh pop band to paedophile Jimmy Savile in a new documentary.

In a new ITV documentary, Nicky, 62, looks at the dark side of Bay City Rollers who rose to fame in the 70s as well as highlights how manager Tom Paton abused band members and took boys from care homes to his home where they were forced to have sex.

Nicky, the broadcaster from Edinburgh, said: “Paton was similar to Savile in the way he groomed and abused people.

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