BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been charged with three counts of indecent assault.<\/p>\n
Complaints about the 82-year-old Radio 5 Live football presenter have been made to Lancashire police about alleged incidents in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n
Hall has worked for more than a half century in British broadcasting and was awarded an OBE in this year’s New Years Honours. He also presented the It’s A Knockout show in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
John Dilworth, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said the charges are that between September 1, 1974, and December 31, 1974, he indecently assaulted a woman who was then aged 16 or 17 years.<\/p>\n
Between January 1, 1983, and December 31, 1983, he is accused of indecently assaulting a girl then aged eight or nine years and between July 1, 1984, and September 27, 1984, he allegedly indecently assaulted a girl then aged 13 years.<\/p>\n
Mr Dilworth added: “He has been bailed to appear at Preston Magistrates’ Court on January 7, 2013.<\/p>\n
“This decision is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and I have concluded that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to prosecute this case.”<\/p>\n
Hall was arrested at his home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
The BBC has said that he will not be working for them while police continue with their inquiries.<\/p>\n