Paedophile TV Presenter Stuart Hall Planned on Escaping to Spain After Jail Release – But Probation Officers Won't Allow Him to Leave the UK for Three Years
- Hall, 85, was planning on leaving Britain for new life in Spain upon release
- However, plot foiled as he will be required to check in with police regularly
- Terms of his release also prohibit him from leaving the UK for 30 months
- Former It's a Knockout host scheduled to leave prison in next few weeks
Daily Mail UK, 5 November 2015
Paedophile former BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been dealt a blow in his hope to leave Britain when he's released from prison next month
Paedophile former BBC presenter Stuart Hall has been dealt a blow in his hope to leave Britain when he's released from prison next month.
The sex offender - jailed for a series of assaults on young girls over an 18-year period - had planned on fleeing the UK to settle in Spain once he is set free.
However, probation officers will stand in his way, with the terms of his release requiring him to report to police regularly - and banning him from travelling abroad for 30 months.
A source said, 'Hall thought that he would be able to slip quietly out of the country and live a life of quiet relaxation in the sun.
'That won't happen because he must be available to probation officers and police during the remaining period of his sentence, which is effectively served on the outside in the UK.'
Hall, 85, was jailed for only 30 months in 2013 after admitting 14 counts against girls aged from nine to 17 between 1967 and 1985.
In May last year, the former It's a Knockout host was sentenced to another two years and six months in prison for indecently assaulting an under-age girl.
At the same time, he was cleared of 15 rape charges and four indecent assaults.
Hall's lawyers previously said the family are 'fully supportive' of the former BBC presenter.
Last month it was revealed his wife Hazel has moved out of the couple's £1.2million mansion after failing to sell it.
Last month it was revealed Hall's wife Hazel has moved out of the couple's £1.2million mansion after failing to sell it
Mrs Hall was spotted leaving the four-bedroom detached property after telling friends she 'can't stand living there any longer'.
The property, in Wilmslow, Cheshire, was signed over to the 76-year-old by Hall, 85, after he was jailed in 2013.
It has been on the market for a number of months but has not attracted a seller despite a drop in asking price to £995,000.
The wife of paedophile TV presenter Stuart Hall has moved out of their £1.2million mansion despite failing to sell it