Jimmy Savile: BBC sets aside millions to compensate victims However, lawyers are concerned that compensation for victims will pale in comparison to the £5 million cost of BBC inquiries into its failings. George Entwistle, the former director-general who left after just 54 days in the job in the wake of the Savile and Lord McAlpine scandals, received a £500,000 pay-off. He was also given £100,000 in legal fees to help him prepare for a BBC commissioned inquiry led by Nick Pollard, the former head of Sky News. Helen Boaden, the corporation's former director of news who is now head of radio, was heavily criticised in the report. She received £101,000 in compensation. Liz Dux, a solicitor at Trevor Sterling who is representing more than 70 of Savile's victims, said she was concerned that even rape victims could be given as little as £50,000 in compensation. She described the pay-offs and the cost of the inquiries as "obscene." She said: "I am concerned that the victims will get very little, especially when you compare it to the soul searching Pollard review and the legal fees. It's obscene. That is why it is very hard to reconcile what a victim of rape will get for having their lives ruined. A Scotland Yard and NSPCC report published last year found that Savile spent "every waking minute" thinking about abusing children and used his celebrity status to win their trust. Eighteen girls and 10 boys under the age of 10 were abused, the youngest being a boy of eight who was targeted at his school.