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Chris Denning, one of the original line-up of DJs for the launch of Radio 1, will appear in court today charged with a string of sex attacks on 22 boys over an 18-year period. Chris Denning, one of the original line-up of DJs for the launch of Radio 1, will appear in court charged with a string of sex attacks on 22 boys over an 18-year period.
Mr Denning faces 41 charges against boys aged nine to 16 that date back to 1967 when the channel was launched. The Crown Prosecution Service concluded that there was not enough evidence to prosecute in the case of three other alleged victims. Mr Denning faces 41 charges against boys as young as nine that date back to 1967 when the channel was launched. The Crown Prosecution Service concluded that there was not enough evidence to prosecute in the case of three other alleged victims.
“We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest,” said Baljit Ubhey, the chief crown prosecutor for CPS London. Baljit Ubhey, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said: “We have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Denning to be charged with 41 offences, including 34 counts of indecent assault. These date from between 1967 and 1985, and relate to 22 male complainants aged between nine and 16 at the time of the alleged offending.”
Mr Denning was arrested in June last year by detectives from Operation Yewtree. The charges include two counts of buggery of boys aged 13 to 15 and one of attempted buggery. Mr Denning was arrested in June last year by detectives from Operation Yewtree, the inquiry that emerged from the investigation into Jimmy Savile.
The publicist Max Clifford, the first person convicted under Operation Yewtree, was jailed for eight years earlier this month for a string of indecent assaults against girls and young women.
A trial is continuing in the case of the entertainer Rolf Harris, who is accused of 12 counts of indecent assault, all of which he denies.