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Sex assaults sentence doubled for British broadcaster
In this file picture taken on June 4, 2002 Jimmy Savile, a television and radio celeberity joins in with people representing Commonwealth countries wearing their tradional dress crowd into the forecourt of Buckingham Palace during the Golden Jubilee celebrations in London. Photo/AFP
What you need to know:
- The abuse surfaced following revelations that late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, one of the best-known faces in British entertainment from the 1960s until the 1990s, was a serial child sex offender.
LONDON
Britain's Court of Appeal on Friday doubled the jail sentence handed to veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall, saying his original 15-month term for indecently assaulting young girls was inadequate.
