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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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | One of those alleged rapes is said to have taken place when the complainant was aged under 13. |
| At a trial last year, Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months - later extended to 30 months by the Court of Appeal - for sexually abusing young girls aged between nine and 17. | |
| The ex-host of BBC game show It's a Knockout was stripped of his OBE after he admitted 14 offences against 13 girls that occurred between 1967 and 1986. |