TV weatherman Fred Talbot enters not guilty plea over child sex charges

The 64-year-old pleaded not guilty to nine counts of indecent assault and one of serious sexual assault.

16:07 05 March 2014

Fred Talbot, the 64-year-old weatherman who used to be a teacher, is being accused of nine counts of indecent assault and one serious sexual assault that were allegedly committed between 1968 and 1983. He entered a not guilty plea on all child sex charges and is now currently out on bail.

Four of the alleged victims attended Altrincham Grammer school for Boys and one was at Elgin High in Newcastle.

The bail, which was granted at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court by Judge Jeffrey Lewis, orders Mr Talbot to live at his home address and to have no contact with witnesses and alleged victims. In addition, he is not allowed to have any unsupervised contact with a child.

The TV weather presenter is best known for his work on the ITV programme This Morning in the late 1980s and 1990s when it was hosted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.