BROADCASTER Stuart Hall has been charged with one offence of rape and 14 of indecent assault, police have said.
The 83-year-old former It's a Knockout presenter from Cheshire was arrested yesterday morning after attending a police station by appointment.
The rape is alleged to have been committed in 1976 against a 22-year-old woman. The indecent assault offences are alleged to have been committed between 1967 and 1986 and to involve 10 girls aged between nine and 16.
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