The doctor arrested by police probing Jimmy Savile’s sordid past was once praised by Princess Diana for his work with sick children.
Retired consultant paediatrician Michael Salmon was yesterday charged with rape and four indecent assaults on girls aged under 18.
The 78-year-old is alleged to have abused youngsters in hospitals around Aylesbury, Bucks, including Stoke Mandeville where serial pervert Savile targeted patients for sex attacks during his time as a fundraiser there.
Dr Salmon worked at Stoke Mandeville in the 80s. He was hailed by Diana for organising a 1987 trip to Disney World in Florida for 300 disabled kids.
The sex attacks he is accused of are said to have happened between 1972 and 1985.
Police stressed none of the allegations involve Savile.
Claims the late DJ and TV presenter sexually abused hundreds of people in hospitals, at the BBC and on the road are being investigated as part of Operation Yewtree.
Dr Salmon’s alleged victims approached Yewtree detectives from the Met.
A dossier was then passed on to Thames Valley Police who arrested and charged the medic following advice from Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service.
Thames Valley Police said: “The charges relate to incidents involving four victims from 1972 to 1985 at various hospitals in the Aylesbury area, including Stoke Mandeville.
"The charges stem from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Operation Yewtree.
"This case falls under the ‘others’ strand of the operation and so does not include Savile.
"The information was brought up because of Operation Yewtree. Information was passed from the Met to us.”
Dr Salmon, who lives at Woodgreen in the New Forest area of Hampshire with his wife Mary, 71, has been bailed to appear before Aylesbury magistrates on December 17.
A woman, who refused to answer the door, last night spoke through the letter box of the couple’s large white detached home.
When asked if Dr Salmon was home, she said: “He’s not here. Please close the gate behind you.”
Two cars were parked next to a skip on the driveway leading up to the front door.
Yewtree falls under three strands – cases involving Savile, Savile and others and others.
The operation’s officers have charged several high-profile figures as part of their investigation.
Those include PR guru Max Clifford, 70, who denies 11 counts of indecent assault and entertainer Rolf Harris, 83.
He is due to stand trial next year over alleged indecent assaults on two teenage girls and creating indecent images of children. He too denies the charges.
The Met have revealed 450 victims had allegedly been abused by Savile himself out of the 589 who had come forward to Operation Yewtree.
He raised £40million for Stoke Mandeville during his heyday but used his fame to sexually assault vulnerable people.