Disgraced Stuart Hall charged over historic sex offences in relation to two young girls

Hall is serving a 30-month jail term for sexualy
 abusing 13 victims, one as young as nine,
over a period of nearly 20 years

Veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with the historic rapes of two girls.

Hall, 83, is serving a 30-month jail term for sexually abusing 13 victims, one as young as nine, over a period of nearly 20 years.

The latest fresh claims relate to two alleged victims aged between 11 or 12 and 16 at the time, said the Crown Prosecution Service.

Hall will appear at Preston Magistrates' Court on November 8, said the CPS

Nazir Afzal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, said: 'Following a careful review, we have decided that there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Stuart Hall for 16 alleged sexual offences against two girls and that it is in the public interest to do so.

'It is alleged that Stuart Hall committed offences against one girl, aged between 14 and 16, from 1976 to 1978 and another girl, aged between 11 or 12 and 15, from 1976 to 1981.  (more...)

Disgraced Stuart Hall charged over historic sex offences in relation to two young girls