Stuart Hall jailed for sexually assaulting 13 girls

Disgraced veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall abused his celebrity status to indecently assault 13 young girls, according to a judge who jailed him for 15 months.

Hall, 83, directly exploited his role as a popular BBC presenter with a “genial personality” to target four of his victims, while he assaulted another four on the pretence of giving elocution lessons to them at his home.

Sentencing him at Preston Crown Court, Judge Anthony Russell said the public now knew there was “a darker side” to Hall which had been “hidden from view”.