Freddie Starr arrested

[hc4361]

After all his denials even going as far as to say the police didn't want to talk to him.

Anyone surprised?

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[boxtops]

He denied it stringently last week, offered to be interviewed.. and the pollice said they wouldn't.

[Mick-Talbot]

the police didn't want to talk to him.


That is what surprised me.

[ummmm]

No, not surprised, but don't think what he's accused of can be compared to Jimmy Savile.

[boxtops]

do we know what he's accused of, ummm?

[ummmm]

I've only heard the testimony of the girl that accused him.

[plautus]

Gobbling the odd hamster pales into insignificance compared with other accusations which are floating around.

[ummmm]

Have there been more than the one accusation? That he groped her and ridiculed her when she denied his advances?

[pdq1]

Anyone who can eat a hampster for publicity can't be all there.

[jackthehat]

He didn't eat a hamster..........Max Clifford made it up.

[sherrardk]

It says arrested for sexual 'offences' - maybe the plural means there has been more than one person making allegations about him?

[jno]

I suppose it could mean more than one offence against the same person, sherrardk; but I should think you're right. They must have found out something new to make them change their minds about talking to him. But it's still only "on suspicion".

[jackthehat]

I imagine that given the high-profile nature of the investigation, the Police wanted to make sure that they had all of their ducks in a row before they brought him in for questioning.

It is done for their convenience, not his.

[cathfromsaron]

they obviously have an arrest plan ... ticking off a list one by one!

[jno]

I suppose. But if he called them up and invited them to interview him, and they said no, it suggests they were missing quite a few ducks at that stage, which have since walked into the room.

[Purple_Popple]

Im shocked I really am, yes Im surprised.

[jno]

I don't know, cath. This business of the police announcing in advance that they were planning arrests, but not just yet - if it had been me (heaven forbid) I'd have spent the time since then driving a steam roller back and forth over my hard drive and then burning my house down. And then a ticket to Bangkok.

[cathfromsaron]

or a fishing trip?

[youngmafbog]

No idea what he has been accused of.

I am getting quite sick of accusers going public though. This is not justice. Go to the police and if they have a case they should make an arrest. If you are tried and then found guilty then yes, name and shame to the highest degree.

Mud sticks, so anyone with a grudge can make an accusation and get what they want. And dont say it does not happen, because it does. It was a tactic New Labour used via their spin doctors for starters.

[joeluke]

Starr seems to be protesting his innocence too much, even claims he was abused when he was young - a common excuse paedos use when confronted with their crimes

...and what does his young girlfriend see in him? He's 69 but looks about 80

[Sqad]

C'mon joe....he doesn't look 80.

He was and still is one of the funniest comedians of this generation and had a superb singing voice. When he was being interviewed on TV and ostensibly being serious, he still made me laugh.