Nicosia Gooner
01-22-2013, 10:16 PM
roadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault, Lancashire Police have said.
Mr Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was arrested on Tuesday after attending a police station by appointment.
The rape is alleged to have been of a 22-year-old woman in 1976.
The indecent assault offences are alleged to have been committed between 1967 and 1986 and involve 10 girls aged between nine and 16.
Mr Hall has been bailed to appear before magistrates in Preston on 7 February.
A Lancashire Police statement said: "Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service an 83-year-old man has this evening been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault."
Mr Hall is best known for his sports reporting on BBC Radio 5 live - as well as his work on the 1970s show It's A Knockout.
He has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century and became an OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and charity.
Mr Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, was arrested on Tuesday after attending a police station by appointment.
The rape is alleged to have been of a 22-year-old woman in 1976.
The indecent assault offences are alleged to have been committed between 1967 and 1986 and involve 10 girls aged between nine and 16.
Mr Hall has been bailed to appear before magistrates in Preston on 7 February.
A Lancashire Police statement said: "Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service an 83-year-old man has this evening been charged with one offence of rape and 14 offences of indecent assault."
Mr Hall is best known for his sports reporting on BBC Radio 5 live - as well as his work on the 1970s show It's A Knockout.
He has been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century and became an OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and charity.