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| Stuart Hall cleared of rape but convicted of indecent assault | |
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| Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been cleared of raping two girls. | |
| Hall, 84, from Wilmslow, Cheshire was found not guilty of 15 charges of rape and four counts of indecent assault by a jury at Preston Crown Court. | Hall, 84, from Wilmslow, Cheshire was found not guilty of 15 charges of rape and four counts of indecent assault by a jury at Preston Crown Court. |
| He was accused of abusing the girls from the age of 12 between 1976 and 1981. Jurors found him guilty of one count of indecent assault. | |
| The former It's a Knockout presenter said the sex was consensual apart from one occasion which "never happened". | |
| At the beginning of the trial he admitted indecently assaulting one woman when she was aged 13. | At the beginning of the trial he admitted indecently assaulting one woman when she was aged 13. |
| Hall showed no reaction as the jury of eight women and four men delivered the verdicts after more than seven hours of deliberation. | |
| He mouthed "thank you" to the jurors as he was led away to the cells to continue serving his sentence for earlier offences. | He mouthed "thank you" to the jurors as he was led away to the cells to continue serving his sentence for earlier offences. |
| Hall is serving a 30-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 13 other girls, one as young as nine. | |
| The abuse occurred between 1967 and 1985. His 15-month sentence was later extended at the Court of Appeal. |