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| Stuart Hall rearrested over sex attacks on young girls | |
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| Jailed former BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been rearrested by Lancashire Police over child sex offences. | |
| The arrests relate to two females, who were aged between 12 and 15 at the time of the abuse, which was allegedly committed between 1974 and 1980. | |
| A force spokesman said the offences allegedly took place in Manchester and Derbyshire. | |
| Hall, 83, is serving a 30-month jail sentence for 14 counts of sexual abuse against girls. | |
| In June he admitted abusing the girls, who were aged from nine to 17, between 1967 and 1985. | |
| His original 15-month jail sentence was doubled by the Court of Appeal in July. | |
| On Tuesday it was announced Hall had been stripped of the OBE he was awarded in December 2011. | |
| Hall, who had been a familiar face and voice in British broadcasting for half a century, is to serve half of his 30-month sentence, meaning he will be released in September 2014, the BBC understands. | |
| As a broadcaster, Hall was described as eccentric, erudite and egotistical - a distinctive personality who could balance light entertainment with sports and serious news. | |
| He was the face of BBC regional news in the North West before his national profile was raised presenting It's A Knockout on BBC TV, which he once described as "The Olympic Games with custard pies". | |
| In later years he was best known for his football match reports on BBC Radio Five Live. | |
| But Preston Crown Court heard the former It's a Knockout host was an "opportunistic predator" who used his fame to befriend girls. |