Freddie Starr released on police bail after arrest in Savile abuse inquiry Freddie Starr last month branded the late Jimmy Savile as 'despicable' and 'disgusting'. Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features Freddie Starr has been released on police bail following his arrest by officers investigating alleged sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile and others. The 69-year-old comic was arrested at 5.45pm on Thursday at his home in Warwickshire "on suspicion of sexual offences" and was taken into custody. He was released between 1am and 1.30am on Friday morning. Starr was questioned at a local police station by officers working on Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan police investigation arising out of allegations made against Jimmy Savile. Last month Starr branded Savile "despicable" and "disgusting" and urged police to interview him so he could clear his name. Starr is the second person to be arrested by police in relation to Operation Yewtree. Scotland Yard detectives working on Operation Yewtree have received information from more than 300 alleged victims of Jimmy Savile, and further arrests are expected. The arrest came on the day that a nephew of Savile said his family does not want "a penny" of the late TV star's millions, after the executors of his will froze his estate in response to the growing number of allegations against Savile. NatWest, which is acting as executor and trustee of the £4.3m estate, said it had suspended distribution of Savile's assets in response to the allegations. "Given the claims raised, distribution of the estate has been put on hold," the bank said in a statement early on Thursday. But Savile's nephew Guy Marsden, a roofer from Leeds, said: "I don't want a penny of it. I don't deserve this money. I am ashamed of him ... His poison is still spreading and if genuine victims of his received some money, I think it could help them. Savile's will was written in 2006 and leaves his savings and other assets to 28 separate beneficiaries, according to the Financial Times. A group of 20 friends, family and neighbours were to share £20,000 in cash, while £600,000 was to be put into a trust fund, the interest of which would be divided between eight beneficiaries. His gold rings were left to a nephew, the paper said, while a niece was due to receive a photo of him with the Beatles. The remaining £3.7m was to be held by NatWest on behalf of the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust. Trustees of the trust and the Jimmy Savile Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust have said that both organisations will close as a result of the mounting allegations of Savile's abusive history and distribute their assets to other good causes. Alan Collins, a solicitor with the legal firm Pannone, who is representing a number of alleged victims, welcomed the news, saying: "This is good news for those victims of Savile who are taking legal action, as it means that they will be able to pursue claims against the estate. If NatWest had not put the estate on hold, it would have meant legal action against Savile's estate to prevent the assets from being distributed among the beneficiaries of his will. It also emerged on Thursday that the BBC director general, George Entwistle, and other executives will be questioned by a barrister and be entitled to legal representation as part of the independent inquiry into Newsnight's axed Savile film. Nick Pollard, the former head of Sky News who is leading the inquiry, is investigating whether there were failings in BBC management's handling of the Newsnight story and its aftermath.