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| Stuart Hall 'raped teenage girl in BBC dressing room' | |
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| Stuart Hall groomed a girl and raped her in his BBC dressing room on several occasions, a court heard. | |
| Mr Hall, then 47, invited her to the former BBC studios in Manchester after the girl "expressed an interest in becoming a makeup artist in films and TV", prosecutors said. | |
| The 84-year-old ex-broadcaster denies 20 charges of rape and indecent assault involving two victims in the 1970s. | |
| At Preston Crown Court, he admitted one count of indecent assault on Tuesday. | |
| 'Impressionable teenagers' | |
| Last year, Mr Hall, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was jailed for 14 offences of indecent assault against 13 girls. His sentence was extended to 30 months. | Last year, Mr Hall, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was jailed for 14 offences of indecent assault against 13 girls. His sentence was extended to 30 months. |
| Peter Wright QC, opening the case for the prosecution in this latest trial, said the two girls' families knew Mr Hall and he "abused their trust". | |
| "These were young impressionable teenagers being groomed by a sexual predator into satisfying his sexual requirements," he said. | "These were young impressionable teenagers being groomed by a sexual predator into satisfying his sexual requirements," he said. |
| "He took advantage of the influence he had over them and their continued silence. But now all these years later their silence has been broken and they are prepared to reveal publicly what happened to them at the hands of this man all those years ago." | "He took advantage of the influence he had over them and their continued silence. But now all these years later their silence has been broken and they are prepared to reveal publicly what happened to them at the hands of this man all those years ago." |
| The jury was told he sexually abused the first girl between January 1, 1976 and September 30, 1978. | |
| 'Plied with alcohol' | |
| The offending allegedly commenced when she was aged about 14 and continued until she was aged 16. | |
| Mr Wright said Mr Hall took her to his dressing room where he "plied her with alcohol" and raped her. | |
| The court heard the girl went to the studios each week for 12 months. | |
| Mr Wright said: "It happened so frequently that the girl lost count of the number of times. She estimates he had intercourse with her on at least 30 occasions." | |
| The trial is estimated to last seven days. | The trial is estimated to last seven days. |