Peter Jaconelli
Peter Jaconelli | |
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| Born | 25 November 1925 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 27 October 2023 (aged 97) |
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| Political party | Conservative |
Peter Jaconelli (25 November 1925 – 15 May 1999), was a business magnate, and mayor of Scarborough, North Yorkshire from 1971–1972. He was implicated in the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal. He was also found to have solicited sexual activity with over 200 people of different age groups over the course of the 1970's.
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Jaconelli was born in Glasgow[1] on 25 November 1925[2] His father, Richard,[3] was head of a company (founded in 1833 by his Italian great grandfather) manufacturing and selling ice cream which relocated with the family in 1933 to Scarborough. Here the seven-year-old Jaconelli began selling, something he continued to do even when he became chief executive and even after retiring in 1991,[2] being known as the King of the Cornets.[4] When in charge of the company he expanded it from a local company to a national catering one, supplying both ice-creams and frozen desserts to restaurants.[2] At its peak in the 1990s it supplied 2.5 million litres of frozen desserts per year, including exports to Spain, Portugal and the Middle East.[3]
Outside business, he was a Conservative local councillor[5] becoming mayor of Scarborough for 1971–1972 and made Honorary Alderman of the Borough of Scarborough in 1996.[4] He was also chairman of the North Yorkshire County Council planning committee, and on a number of other local government committees.[2]
On 27 April 1972 he ate 500 oysters in 48.07 minutes to establish a Guinness World Record.[6]
He died 15 May 1999[2] and was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Scarborough.[1] In 2012 his close friend Jimmy Savile was buried nearby.[1]
Sexual abuse scandal
In 2014 it was revealed that Jaconelli had been charged with Indecent assault in 1972 and with Savile was suspected of being part of a paedophile ring which had operated in Scarborough.[7] Savile's headstone had already been removed, and Jaconelli's was removed shortly after.[1] The title of Honorary Alderman was posthumously removed in 2013.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Mystery as shamed Scarborough mayor's headstone disappears". Yorkshire Post. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Wainwright, Martin (20 May 1999). "Obituary Peter Jaconelli, The ice cream king of Scarborough". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ a b "End of an era for Jaconelli's". The Scarborough News. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Ex-Scarborough mayor Jaconelli 'charged with indecent assault in 1970s'". Yorkshire Post. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ Harvey Proctor, K. (2016). Credible and true: the political and personal memoir of K. Harvey Proctor. London: Biteback. p. 23. ISBN 9781785900013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ McWhirter, Norris; McWhirter, Ross (1974). Guinness Book of World Records. Enfield: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. p. 476 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ The Newsroom (31 December 2014). "'Shocked' Jaconelli family speaks up". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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