Stuart Hall

[Nottingham Fox]

Arrested this morning and now charged with three counts of indecent assault.

BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with three counts of indecent assault, Lancashire Police have said.

Complaints about the 82-year-old Radio 5 Live football presenter have been made to police about alleged incidents in the 1970s and 1980s.

Hall has worked for more than a half century in British broadcasting and was awarded an OBE in this year's New Years Honours. He also presented the It's A Knockout show in the 1970s.

John Dilworth, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said the charges are that between September 1, 1974, and December 31, 1974, he indecently assaulted a woman who was then aged 16 or 17 years.

Between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1983, he is accused of indecently assaulting a girl then aged eight or nine years and between July 1, 1984, and September 27, 1984, he allegedly indecently assaulted a girl then aged 13 years.

Mr Dilworth added: "He has been bailed to appear at Preston Magistrates' Court on January 7, 2013.

"This decision is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and I have concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to prosecute this case."

Hall was arrested at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on Wednesday morning.

Officers removed items from his home in evidence bags.

 

[Biffa Bacon]

Arrested this morning and now charged with three counts of indecent assault.

I absolutely hate his match comments on the radio so I'm really happy he won't be near a mike anytime soon.

 

[FryattFox]

I absolutely hate his match comments on the radio so I'm really happy he won't be near a mike anytime soon.

Bit presumptuous - I bet that there's lots of Mikes in prison.

 

[Joe_Fox]

Ninja Warrior won't be the same without him.

 

[Longcliffe]

It's a Cockout

 

[Blue Maniac]

It's a Cockout

:icon_lol:

 

[lazzer]

Probably only get about 5 years . 10 if he plays his joker.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Fingers crossed for Noel Edmonds' name coming up.

 

[fitz]

Fingers crossed for Noel Edmonds' name coming up.

Haha. You're not alone there, I was in my local last month chatting with a friend about the accusations about Savile as it was on the tv at the time. He mentioned that he'd heard another tv 'star' was linked but couldn't remember who. At this point some old random wife sitting at the bar shouted "I hope it's that **** Noel Edmonds" before returning to her glass of wine and saying nothing else.

 

[Jeff]

He mentioned that he'd heard another tv 'star' was linked but couldn't remember who.

There was one who was questioned at the weekend but the newspapers weren't allowed to name him. Rofl....

 

[lazzer]

There was one who was questioned at the weekend but the newspapers weren't allowed to name him. Rofl....

Showed them his extra leg

 

[Macky]

Kids, water, they love it

 

[Jeff]

Fingers crossed for Noel Edmonds' name coming up.

Police have this morning arrested a man in his sixties.

Noel Edmonds is 63.

 

[SJN-Fox]

Max Clifford

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20627765

 

[homer]

2012 - the year of the nonce

 

[SwedeFox]

He's going to need one hell of a PR agent to get out of this mess.

 

[OldGit]

Showed them his extra leg

Or 2 little boys

 

[Real Sharapova]

Showed them his extra leg

" Can you see what it is yet? "

 

[RHYDAL]

Games without frontiers.

 

[Blaarev]

Games without frontiers.

Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again....