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| Stuart Hall sentenced for indecent assaults | Stuart Hall sentenced for indecent assaults |
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| Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to an extra two years and six months in prison for two counts of indecently assaulting a girl. | |
| Hall, 84, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, will start the sentence after completing a 30-month term for similar offences. | |
| He admitted indecently assaulting the girl when she was 13 and was found guilty of one count in a majority jury verdict at Preston Crown Court. | |
| He was cleared of 15 rape charges and four indecent assaults. | |
| The charge Hall admitted involved an incident at a dinner party where he crept into his victim's bedroom and assaulted her. | The charge Hall admitted involved an incident at a dinner party where he crept into his victim's bedroom and assaulted her. |
| 'Vile bravado' | 'Vile bravado' |
| Sentencing him, Mr Justice Turner, said there had been "an element of grooming" to his offences. | Sentencing him, Mr Justice Turner, said there had been "an element of grooming" to his offences. |
| Mr Justice Turner said there had been a "breach of trust" in relation to the assault on the girl when she was 13. | Mr Justice Turner said there had been a "breach of trust" in relation to the assault on the girl when she was 13. |
| He said that Hall had acted with "a sense of arrogance and immunity... vile bravado and horrible betrayal". | He said that Hall had acted with "a sense of arrogance and immunity... vile bravado and horrible betrayal". |
| He added that the 84-year-old had shown "a lack of candour or remorse" and criticised him for not admitting to these offences when he was convicted of other offences in 2013. | He added that the 84-year-old had shown "a lack of candour or remorse" and criticised him for not admitting to these offences when he was convicted of other offences in 2013. |
| Hall did not react to the sentence as he listened to the proceedings through headphones, while his victim, who was also in court, wiped away tears with a handkerchief as details of the offences were mentioned. | Hall did not react to the sentence as he listened to the proceedings through headphones, while his victim, who was also in court, wiped away tears with a handkerchief as details of the offences were mentioned. |
| The former broadcaster, who was accused of abusing two girls between 1976 and 1981, is already serving a 30-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 13 other girls, one as young as nine. | The former broadcaster, who was accused of abusing two girls between 1976 and 1981, is already serving a 30-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting 13 other girls, one as young as nine. |
| His original 15-month sentence, for abuse that occurred between 1967 and 1985, was later doubled at the Court of Appeal. | His original 15-month sentence, for abuse that occurred between 1967 and 1985, was later doubled at the Court of Appeal. |
| Speaking after the hearing, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West, Nazir Afzal, said Hall's convictions "were only made possible by the courage of his victims". | Speaking after the hearing, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West, Nazir Afzal, said Hall's convictions "were only made possible by the courage of his victims". |
| "I would like to thank them for coming forward and ensuring that he was brought to justice," he said. | "I would like to thank them for coming forward and ensuring that he was brought to justice," he said. |