— Says former TV cheerleader, now 56
ONE of the sex attack victims who brought BBC star Stuart Hall to justice last night told The Sun: “He should die behind bars.”
The woman was a 17-year-old cheerleader on hit TV show It’s A Knockout in 1973 when she was groped by Hall.
Now a 56-year-old grandmother of two, the victim said Hall must be jailed — even if he might die inside.
The woman, who wants to be identified only as Amy, said: “He should go to jail for what he has done — even if it means him dying behind bars.
“It would’ve been nice if he’d got his punishment back then but women simply didn’t report this kind of thing in the 1970s.
“He is in his 80s now but he needs to be punished for what he did to me and the other girls.”
Sex predator Hall, 83, pounced on Amy in a hotel corridor after filming an edition of It’s A Knockout in Ely, Cambs. Amy was still in her costume — a medieval maid’s outfit — when Hall attacked her in May 1973.
She said: “I had only just turned 17, that’s all. I was picked through my youth club to be a cheerleader on the show.
“After the show we all went to a function for afternoon tea.”
Ordeal ... 'Amy' told cops of attack
Stephen Daniels
Amy was also working at a hotel where Hall and the rest of the BBC entourage were staying.
She said: “I went back to the hotel still wearing my costume.
“I could see the lobby was full and walked through.
“When I got to the top of the first-floor stairs on to the landing somebody started talking to me. I heard a voice and realised it was Stuart Hall straight away.
“I turned to go into the staff quarters and he suddenly pushed me against the wall.
“He had one hand over me and was trying to lift up my skirt with his other hand as he tried to kiss me. He started to kiss me and I tried to push him off. With my other hand I was reaching round the door to the staff quarters. He didn’t say another word while he was doing it. He was just staring at me, he was very aggressive.
“It all happened in a flash. I wasn’t a groupie. I was 17 and he was in his mid 40s. He was a horrible looking man. I remember it like it was yesterday.”
The victim was too afraid to complain — and she admits it was hard to see Hall evade justice for so long. She said: “Every time I saw him on TV or heard his sing-song voice it made me feel physically sick.”
Amy went to the police last year after news of the Jimmy Savile scandal broke. She said: “I’m glad I found the pluck to speak out.” A second victim also told of her relief that Hall had finally been brought to justice.
The woman, who was just ten when she was groped by Hall, said: “I am so relieved I didn’t have to give evidence in court.
“What happened was horrendous and I’ve managed to put it behind me. It’s finished with now.”
Smacked by pervert
Manhandled ... Fabulous Editor Beth Neil
By BETH NEIL, Celebrity Editor, Fabulous
WHEN I first heard that Hall had been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, I can’t say I was surprised.
In 2004 I was 24 and shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year.
Hall hosted the awards bash and when I was named as the winner he wouldn’t let me off the stage.
He manhandled me up to the mic, holding me tight so I couldn’t escape while jiggling me about. It was excruciating. And when I walked off he spanked me hard on the backside. I was mortified.
My editor complained and I got a letter from Hall. He apologised, said he was a “champion of young people”, and enclosed an It’s A Knockout video as “something to enjoy”.
It gave an insight into a man at ease treating women as pieces of meat — and into his monstrous ego.
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