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ITV Cancels “Up The Jammers” Amid Rape, Trafficking Arrests

5/8/2026

Summary

Story summary

ITV pulled the documentary “Up The Jammers” about the club after a police investigation into its owners.
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, owner, and husband Scott Hutchinson, 32, were arrested in Danbury, Essex, charged with rape, sexual assault and trafficking, and are due in court on May 8.
After Essex Police searched the couple’s homes in Danbury, Maldon and Braintree on May 6, the Crown Prosecution Service listed the rape, sexual-assault and trafficking counts.

History

Historical Context

Operation Yewtree began in October 2012 after the posthumous exposure of Jimmy Savile, leading the Metropolitan Police to investigate historic abuse and record 19 arrests by October 2015. The inquiry’s high-profile raids and the resulting “Yewtree effect” on reporting set a precedent that echoes in Essex Police’s May 2024 raids on Danbury nightclub owners accused of rape, assault and trafficking.

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Story summary

ITV pulled the documentary “Up The Jammers” about the club after a police investigation into its owners.
Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, owner, and husband Scott Hutchinson, 32, were arrested in Danbury, Essex, charged with rape, sexual assault and trafficking, and are due in court on May 8.
After Essex Police searched the couple’s homes in Danbury, Maldon and Braintree on May 6, the Crown Prosecution Service listed the rape, sexual-assault and trafficking counts.

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