Hall Cleared Of Raping 2 More Girls

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27441510

Cleared of 15 charges or rape and 4 of indecent assault. But at the beginning of the trial he admitted indecently assaulting one woman when she was aged 13.

Hall's barrister said that under the law at the time the offences were alleged to have happened he would have been charged with unlawful sex with a girl under 16.

Don't understand this...if he admitted a charge, why was he not sentenced for it ?

[whirlyhurly]

Because "The Law is an Ass"

[sir.prize]

Don't understand this. .. if he admitted a charge, why was he not sentenced for it ?

Probably because the jury thought chose not to believe him.

whirlyhurly - it wasn't the Law it was the jury which made this decision.

[mikey4444]

Sir.prize...but if he admitted that he was guilty to that one charge, surely the Jury couldn't find him guilty or not-guilty of it ?

[youngmafbog]

Yes, we crossed. No Problem Great minds etc :-)

Will he have to go back for sentencing?

[mikey4444]

It seems a bit odd to me...where is New Judge whe we need him !

[youngmafbog]

Yes, did seem odd to me too.

[ummmm]

If I'm hearing it correctly it's the same girl which he's already been sentenced for.

[mikey4444]

Ummmm...that might explain it then, because the BBC link shows no indication that he was given any extra sentence by the Judge.

[ummmm]

I think he's accused of assaulting her on two separate occasions.

[Jomlett]

Stuart Hall will be sentenced for the two counts of indecent assault next Friday at 1000 at Preston Crown Court

[mikey4444]

Jomlett..have you got a link for that please !

[Jomlett]

http://news.sky.com/story/1262937/live-stuart-hall-sex-abuse-trial-verdict

[mikey4444]

Thanks jomlett...still a work in progress it would seem.

[Jomlett]

Stuart Hall found guilty of indecent assault but cleared of rape... http://gu.com/p/3p83t/tw via @guardian

[ummmm]

He admitted the previous crimes against 13 young girls.

[jno]

looks like at the start of this trial he admitted one assult and denied the rest. He was found guilty of one, which was an assault against the same girl he'd already admitted. They'd wait till all the charges were heard before sentencing him for any of them, since they were all brought at the same time - including the one he admitted.

[ummmm]

Reading Jom's link he just sounds like a disgusting man.

[mikey4444]

Ummmm...of that I don't there is any further doubt. The people have spoken. Lets hope we don't have to hear anything more from this vile creature ever again. At his age he is highly likely to die in jail, so let him rot.

[Jomlett]

This from Sky...It can now be revealed that Hall complained about his "routine" being disrupted when he was moved to a different prison during his trial.

On the first day of the trial, Mr Aylett QC, told the judge: "Since the end of July the defendant has been in Leyland prison where he has something approaching a routine. He has a cell, his library, he has his clothes there.

"Yesterday he was told he may be moved to Preston for the duration of the trial."

The judge, Mr Justice Turner, said he had no power to intervene.

As the trial progressed, Mr Aylett brought up the subject again in open court - not before the jury - as he referred to the "extraordinary amount of dismay" it had caused to his client.

[ummmm]

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