A former British TV presenter is facing prison after he admitted a catalogue of sex abuse allegations dating back nearly 50 years.
Veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall, who presented It's A Knockout, was described by prosecutors as an "opportunistic predator" whose 13 victims included a 9-year-old girl whom he sexually assaulted
in her bedroom while attending a dinner party at her parents' house.
Another victim, then 17, described how she was pushed up against a wall and attacked after auditioning as a cheerleader during filming of the long-running TV competition.
The investigation by Lancashire Police began after a woman contacted Independent newspaper columnist Yasmin Alabhai-Brown in the wake of the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal. The women described how she was invited to the BBC studios in Manchester after meeting Hall at a school prize giving and later abused. Ten victims subsequently came forward.
Yesterday Hall, 83, admitted 14 counts of sexual assault which ranged from kissing to the digital penetration of his 13 mainly teenage victims.
