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| Fred Talbot jailed for four years for sex offences on school trips to Scotland | Fred Talbot jailed for four years for sex offences on school trips to Scotland |
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| Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for four years for historical sex offences against boys he took on school trips to Scotland. | Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has been jailed for four years for historical sex offences against boys he took on school trips to Scotland. |
| Talbot, 67, was convicted at Lanark Sheriff Court of seven charges of indecent assault. | Talbot, 67, was convicted at Lanark Sheriff Court of seven charges of indecent assault. |
| The offences, against boys aged 15 to 17, took place between 1978 and 1981. | The offences, against boys aged 15 to 17, took place between 1978 and 1981. |
| They happened during separate trips to two locations - one near Moffat in southern Scotland, and one on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. | They happened during separate trips to two locations - one near Moffat in southern Scotland, and one on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. |
| The four-year sentence will start on 14 August, at the end of the punishment part of a five-year jail term Talbot is already serving for previous sex offences. | |
| Sheriff Nikola Stewart told the former This Morning presenter he had taken advantage of the innocence of his victims. | Sheriff Nikola Stewart told the former This Morning presenter he had taken advantage of the innocence of his victims. |
| Talbot was a regular on the floating weather map in Liverpool's Albert Dock for ITV's This Morning show during the late 1980s and early 1990s. | Talbot was a regular on the floating weather map in Liverpool's Albert Dock for ITV's This Morning show during the late 1980s and early 1990s. |
| At the time of the attacks, he was a biology teacher at a school in the Manchester area and took boys away on camping and boating trips. | |
| During the trial, a succession of witnesses, now men in their 50s who cannot be named for legal reasons, told how Talbot abused his position of trust. | During the trial, a succession of witnesses, now men in their 50s who cannot be named for legal reasons, told how Talbot abused his position of trust. |
| One man told the court he was indecently assaulted as a teenage boy after a visit to a pub on a camping trip left him "very much the worse for wear". | One man told the court he was indecently assaulted as a teenage boy after a visit to a pub on a camping trip left him "very much the worse for wear". |
| A further witness said he was left "petrified" when Talbot indecently assaulted him on a trip to the Caledonian Canal in 1979. | A further witness said he was left "petrified" when Talbot indecently assaulted him on a trip to the Caledonian Canal in 1979. |
| Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, 54, who was not an alleged victim, also gave evidence at the trial and said he had never forgotten the moment Talbot invited one of his young friends to sleep in his tent on a school camping trip. | Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, 54, who was not an alleged victim, also gave evidence at the trial and said he had never forgotten the moment Talbot invited one of his young friends to sleep in his tent on a school camping trip. |
| Talbot was previously jailed for five years at Manchester Crown Court in 2015 for the indecent assault of two 14-year-old boys. | Talbot was previously jailed for five years at Manchester Crown Court in 2015 for the indecent assault of two 14-year-old boys. |