Vile BBC paedo abused 13 ladies, served jail time period then referred to as victims ‘malicious’
Infamous paedo Stuart Hall served jail time for child sex crimes but remained unrepentant towards his victims. The perv was a massively successful BBC journalist and became famous for presenting the gameshow It’s a Knockout in the 1970s.
The 96-year-old was jailed in 2013 after he admitted to indecently assaulting 13 girls – one as young as nine – between 1967 and 1985. The shamed host had his sentence extended in 2014 when he pleaded guilty to two counts of indecently assaulting a teenage girl.
Hall was released in December 2015 after serving half his sentence. In the first interview after he was freed, Hall took a swipe at his victims, calling them “malicious”.
He said: “To go from being a national treasure to the bottom of the pond has been very difficult. The vindictive malicious people who have impugned me will think again. I’m hoping for fairness from everybody.”
And when Hall was arrested in December 2012, he released a statement labelling the claims against him as “pernicious, callous, cruel and above all spurious”.
During his trial, he was labelled an “opportunistic predator” who used his fame and influence to befriend girls before abusing them.
Judge Anthony Russell QC said Hall had a “darker side” and took advantage of his “status as a well-liked celebrity”.
In a change of tone, Hall “apologised unreservedly” to his victims in a statement released by his lawyers after pleading guilty.
It read: “Stuart Hall confirms that he has pleaded guilty to fourteen charges of indecent assault. Mr Hall deeply and sincerely regrets his actions.
“He wishes to issue an unreserved apology to the individuals concerned. He now accepts his behaviour and actions were completely wrong and he is very remorseful.
“Mr Hall also wishes to apologise to his family, friends and supportive members of the public for whom he has high regard and respect.
“The last five months have been a strain and an ordeal for his family, who are standing by him. He asks for privacy during the next few weeks and he emphasises that he is contrite and faces punishment with fortitude and remorse.”
Back in November 2016, Hall was pictured by the BBC puffing a cigar outside the rented council house he was living at.
The living situation he found himself in was far from the million-pound mansion in the upmarket Cheshire town of Wilmslow he used to live in.
In the weeks before his guilty plea, Hall signed over his house to his wife to protect his fortune from compensation claims.
