Broadcaster Stuart Hall charged with rape
The presenter was arrested after attending a police station by appointment
Broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault, Lancashire Police have said.
Mr Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was arrested on Tuesday after attending a police station by appointment.
The rape is alleged to have been of a 22-year-old woman in 1976.
The indecent assault offences are alleged to have been committed between 1967 and 1986 and involve 10 girls aged between nine and 16.
Mr Hall has been bailed to appear before magistrates in Preston on 7 February.
A Lancashire Police statement said: "Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service an 83-year-old man has this evening been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault."
Mr Hall is best known for his sports reporting on BBC Radio 5 live - as well as his work on the 1970s show It's A Knockout.
The broadcaster has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century and became an OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and charity.
dazdon said:The first time must have been bad but this further arrest is a knockout.
mrcunny said:dazdon said:The first time must have been bad but this further arrest is a knockout.
haha fuck off.....lolol
mrcunny said:Stuart Hall arrested for rape of 22 year old and kiddy fiddling.ffs when is this going to end...
erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
Ric. Fines. Thousands of pounds. Possibly.DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
He's been charged with 15 separate sexual offences against 11 different people over 20yrs aged between 9 and 16.DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
Uncle Wally One Ball said:He's been charged with 15 separate sexual offences against 11 different people over 20yrs aged between 9 and 16.DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
Sounds like the Mod's court on hereClevers said:DiscoSteve said:erm he's not been prosecuted yet!bluemoon risin' said:He used to train at Sids in Stalybridge and he used to join in with us schoolboys from West hill at 5 a sidein the late 70's.I remember tackling him hard and him falling to the floor. I just wished i'd kicked the paedo **** hard in the head now!
Actually he has but he hasn't yet been found guilty.