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Stone Roses singer Ian Brown gives evidence at Fred Talbot trial | Stone Roses singer Ian Brown gives evidence at Fred Talbot trial |
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Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has told a court that former TV weatherman Fred Talbot tried to sexually abuse his friend on a school trip to Scotland. | Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown has told a court that former TV weatherman Fred Talbot tried to sexually abuse his friend on a school trip to Scotland. |
He said Mr Talbot had been his biology teacher in Manchester, and would organise trips for pupils. | He said Mr Talbot had been his biology teacher in Manchester, and would organise trips for pupils. |
Mr Brown told Lanark Sheriff Court of an incident on a camping trip somewhere in Scotland in late 1977 or early 1978. | Mr Brown told Lanark Sheriff Court of an incident on a camping trip somewhere in Scotland in late 1977 or early 1978. |
Mr Talbot, 67, of Greater Manchester, denies assaulting several boys on school trips between 1978 and 1981. | Mr Talbot, 67, of Greater Manchester, denies assaulting several boys on school trips between 1978 and 1981. |
The singer told the court that one of his school friends told him that Mr Talbot attempted to abuse him after inviting him into his tent. | The singer told the court that one of his school friends told him that Mr Talbot attempted to abuse him after inviting him into his tent. |
The former TV weatherman faces eight charges of indecent assault between January 1978 and November 1981, as well as one charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour in February 1978. | The former TV weatherman faces eight charges of indecent assault between January 1978 and November 1981, as well as one charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour in February 1978. |
Six of the incidents are alleged to have happened on camping excursions in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and three on boating trips on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. | Six of the incidents are alleged to have happened on camping excursions in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and three on boating trips on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. |
Mr Talbot, best known for presenting the weather forecast on a floating map in Liverpool's Albert Dock for ITV's This Morning programme, denies all the charges against him. | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |