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| BBC management 'aware' of Stuart Hall's sex abuse on premises | BBC management 'aware' of Stuart Hall's sex abuse on premises |
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| Members of BBC management in Manchester were aware of paedophile Stuart Hall's "inappropriate sexual conduct " in his dressing room, a report has found. | Members of BBC management in Manchester were aware of paedophile Stuart Hall's "inappropriate sexual conduct " in his dressing room, a report has found. |
| It said "rumours" circulated within the Piccadilly Gardens office and it was "likely" he "could have been prevented from committing criminal offences". | It said "rumours" circulated within the Piccadilly Gardens office and it was "likely" he "could have been prevented from committing criminal offences". |
| The ex-presenter, 86, was jailed in 2013 after admitting indecently assaulting 13 girls - one as young as nine - between 1967 and 1985. | The ex-presenter, 86, was jailed in 2013 after admitting indecently assaulting 13 girls - one as young as nine - between 1967 and 1985. |
| The BBC said it had "failed victims". | |
| Trust chairman Rona Fairhead said the corporation had "turned a blind eye, where it should have shone a light. And it did not protect those who put their trust in it". | |
| 'No-one complained' | 'No-one complained' |
| Dame Janet Smith's review, set up in 2012, examined how Jimmy Savile and Hall carried out campaigns of abuse over decades while at the BBC. | Dame Janet Smith's review, set up in 2012, examined how Jimmy Savile and Hall carried out campaigns of abuse over decades while at the BBC. |
| The report found 21 females, the youngest aged 10, were assaulted by Hall at the BBC between 1967 and 1991. | |
| The report said young female visitors to BBC Manchester were jokingly referred to as "Hall's nieces" who had come for "elocution lessons". | |
| It also referred to Hall's "laddish sexuality, characterised by risque banter and often unwanted tactility". | |
| There was "no evidence" BBC staff were aware that the girls involved were under-age, and "no-one complained to management", it added. | There was "no evidence" BBC staff were aware that the girls involved were under-age, and "no-one complained to management", it added. |
| Hall previously worked for BBC Radio 5 live and presented the BBC's regional North West news programme. | Hall previously worked for BBC Radio 5 live and presented the BBC's regional North West news programme. |
| The former regional North West TV manager, Ray Colley, "took Hall to task" about rumours of inappropriate sexual conduct in his dressing room in 1970, the report said. | The former regional North West TV manager, Ray Colley, "took Hall to task" about rumours of inappropriate sexual conduct in his dressing room in 1970, the report said. |
| Had Mr Colley then taken the "basic steps" to monitor Hall's behaviour "it is likely he could have been prevented from committing the criminal offences", the former Appeal Court judge's report said. | Had Mr Colley then taken the "basic steps" to monitor Hall's behaviour "it is likely he could have been prevented from committing the criminal offences", the former Appeal Court judge's report said. |
| There was no evidence people had "direct personal knowledge" of his sexual conduct in his dressing room, it added. | There was no evidence people had "direct personal knowledge" of his sexual conduct in his dressing room, it added. |
| It said there were "cultural factors" at the BBC that stopped people reporting upwards, "particularly when they related to talent". | It said there were "cultural factors" at the BBC that stopped people reporting upwards, "particularly when they related to talent". |
| Savile and Hall made "sorry reading" for the BBC and the inquiry found "disturbing things", the report said. | Savile and Hall made "sorry reading" for the BBC and the inquiry found "disturbing things", the report said. |
| BBC culture "made it difficult to complain or rock the boat" and an "atmosphere of fear" still existed in the BBC to this day, it said. | BBC culture "made it difficult to complain or rock the boat" and an "atmosphere of fear" still existed in the BBC to this day, it said. |
| However, it said no organisation could be "completely confident" that it did not harbour a child abuser. | However, it said no organisation could be "completely confident" that it did not harbour a child abuser. |
| The criminal case | |
| As part of Dame Janet Smith's review, Dame Linda Dobbs received evidence from people against whom Stuart Hall admitted inappropriate sexual conduct in connection with his work for the BBC, and provided her findings to the inquiry. | |
| BBC staff failed to report the disgraced presenter indulging in "inappropriate sexual conduct" partly because he was seen as an "untouchable" celebrity, the report found. |