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| Ex-DJ Denning admits child sex offences | Ex-DJ Denning admits child sex offences |
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| Former BBC DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to 21 child sex offences committed between 1969 and 1986. | Former BBC DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to 21 child sex offences committed between 1969 and 1986. |
| The 75-year-old, from London, admitted the abuse of 11 boys, as young as eight. He denied three offences. | The 75-year-old, from London, admitted the abuse of 11 boys, as young as eight. He denied three offences. |
| Denning, who was arrested in a police inquiry into the Walton Hop Disco for teenagers in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, will be sentenced on 6 October. | |
| He was part of the original line-up that launched Radio 1 in 1967, but left two years later. | He was part of the original line-up that launched Radio 1 in 1967, but left two years later. |
| The prosecution said it did not intend to proceed with a trial on the three charges to which Denning had pleaded not guilty. | The prosecution said it did not intend to proceed with a trial on the three charges to which Denning had pleaded not guilty. |
| He is currently serving a 13-year jail term for sexual assaults against 24 victims from the 1960s to 1980s. | He is currently serving a 13-year jail term for sexual assaults against 24 victims from the 1960s to 1980s. |
| He will next appear at Southwark Crown Court in front of the same judge who passed sentence on him for those offences in 2014. | He will next appear at Southwark Crown Court in front of the same judge who passed sentence on him for those offences in 2014. |