Weatherman held in school sex inquiry
TV WEATHERMAN Fred Talbot was arrested yesterday over allegations of historic sex abuse on four schoolboys.
The 63-year-old presenter was questioned by police after a five?month investigation into his former career as a grammar school biology teacher.
Fred Talbot was held on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault and four counts of inciting a child to commit acts of gross indecency.
He was held on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault and four counts of inciting a child to commit acts of gross indecency.
The allegations relate to his time as a teacher at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Greater Manchester between the early Seventies and early Eighties.
Last December his £400,000 home in Bowdon, Cheshire, had its front door smashed in by police in a raid while he was away on a cruise.
The presenter became famous for his “floating map’’ reports in Liverpool for Richard and Judy’s This Morning show on ITV.