Stuart Hall Arrested

MookJong · 2 May 2013 at 12:07

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Efour · 2 May 2013 at 12:10

My cousin is called Stuart Hall, this thread = disappointing

VoG · 2 May 2013 at 12:12

NeilFawcett said:
^^ Just can't see what evidence there would be other than "she said, he said"?

Well, there could be compelling physical evidence, as in, he's got a birthmark, or scar in a really intimate place?.

Danthus · 2 May 2013 at 12:24

Metalface Mark said:
Maybe more a case of just wanting it all to be over?

Seems a very odd thing to admit to, just so it is over.

oulton · 2 May 2013 at 12:31

Well he's admitted it now so all the "where's the evidence" peado brigade can do one

Firestar_3x · 2 May 2013 at 12:39

oulton said:
Well he's admitted it now so all the "where's the evidence" peado brigade can do one

Would have been interesting what would have happened if he didn't admit it.

i.e. what they actually had on him.

Kutter · 2 May 2013 at 12:42

bloody hell, everyone who was on tv in the 70-80's seems to be a kiddie fiddler. wonder if any of the Blue Peter gang were up to it too?

ElliorR · 2 May 2013 at 12:45

I hear Shep would be in deep **** if he was still alive.

C.R.A.Z.Y · 2 May 2013 at 12:50

Rampart said:
How on EARTH can you prosecute someone for something like this that happened years ago?

What POSSIBLE evidence would anybody have?

Just someones word against yours. Its completely ridiculous.

Its like a reverse minority report.. for past crimes.

Errrr, police reports, witness statements, video surveillance, forensic evidence (savvy victims may have kept items).
Hopefully these scumbags will be made an example of provided they can be proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law obviously.

CREATIVE!11 · 2 May 2013 at 12:58

what is it lately with all these kiddy fiddlers flying around?

Sankari · 2 May 2013 at 13:09

Rampart said:
How on EARTH can you prosecute someone for something like this that happened years ago?

What POSSIBLE evidence would anybody have?

Just someones word against yours. Its completely ridiculous.

Its like a reverse minority report.. for past crimes.

BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has admitted 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls including one aged nine.

The 83-year-old of Wilmslow, Cheshire, pleaded guilty at Preston Crown Court to the offences, involving 13 victims, which occurred between 1967 and 1985.

Three charges of indecent assault and one of rape will lie on the court file.

His lawyer said Hall apologised to his victims and added: "He is all too aware that his disgrace is complete."

(Source).

Kids as young as 9. Not so easy to get him off the hook with 'he probably didn't know how young she was.'

Sankari · 2 May 2013 at 13:10

CREATIVE!11 said:
what is it lately with all these kiddy fiddlers flying around?

It's the legacy of an era which turned a blind eye.

oulton · 2 May 2013 at 13:21

It's the legacy of an era which turned a blind eye.

Yes, the fact that society no longer accepts this kind of behaviour is to me a sign of progress.

ic1male · 2 May 2013 at 13:26

Both he and Ken Barlow live in Wilmslow so why are they under the jurisdiction of Lancashire Constabulary and not Cheshire?

hurfdurf · 2 May 2013 at 13:28

A ton of rape apologists and women haters suddenly have a lot of egg on their face.

A 9 year old was molested and others raped yet they think its pointless "bringing it up".

Danthus · 2 May 2013 at 13:29

ic1male said:
Both he and Ken Barlow live in Wilmslow so why are they under the jurisdiction of Lancashire Constabulary and not Cheshire?

The offences were committed in Lancashire I assume.

ic1male · 2 May 2013 at 13:31

OldCoals said:
The offences were committed in Lancashire I assume.

Ah, is that how it works? Seems a bit daft. If he had done it in Cornwall, they'd have officers traipsing up all the way up to Cheshire to arrest him?

MarcLister · 2 May 2013 at 13:39

ic1male said:
Ah, is that how it works? Seems a bit daft. If he had done it in Cornwall, they'd have officers traipsing up all the way up to Cheshire to arrest him?

I would have thought that Cheshire Police would make the initial arrest following a request from another police force. That police force would then send officers to transport him down to their force area for interrogation. I'm not a police officer but that is my guess from years of watching The Bill.

ic1male · 2 May 2013 at 13:40

MarcLister said:
I'm not a police officer but that is my guess from years of watching The Bill.

You'd think I'd know by my choice of username.

Von Smallhausen · 2 May 2013 at 14:25

The force which covers the area where the offence happened usually investigate.