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Stuart Hall admits girl's sex assault | Stuart Hall admits girl's sex assault |
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Ex-BBC presenter Stuart Hall has admitted indecently assaulting a girl under 16 but denies 20 further charges. | Ex-BBC presenter Stuart Hall has admitted indecently assaulting a girl under 16 but denies 20 further charges. |
Mr Hall, 84, is to go on trial accused of 15 rapes and five indecent assault offences against two young girls, allegedly between 1976 and 1981 in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. | Mr Hall, 84, is to go on trial accused of 15 rapes and five indecent assault offences against two young girls, allegedly between 1976 and 1981 in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. |
The extra charge he admits was put to him ahead of the trial at Preston Crown Court. | The extra charge he admits was put to him ahead of the trial at Preston Crown Court. |
The court heard the attack happened between January 1978 and January 1979. | |
Mr Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, is charged with seven counts of rape against one alleged victim between 1976 and 1978, in Manchester. | |
Five of the rapes are said to have taken place when she was aged under 16. | |
He is also accused of two counts of indecent assault against the woman in the same period. | |
In addition, he is charged with eight counts of rape and three of indecent assault against a second alleged victim between 1976 and 1981, at various locations in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. | |
One of those alleged rapes is said to have taken place when the complainant was aged under 13. |