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Monday 14 December 2015

DJ Neil Fox cleared of sex assaults

DJ Neil Fox has been cleared of sexually abusing fans and colleagues.
Mr Fox, 54, from south-west London, had denied eight indecent assaults and two sexual assaults between 1988 and 2014, against women and girls as young as 14.
Westminster magistrates said the victims were believable but that the bench "could not be sure that in the context it was a criminal offence".
The radio DJ and ex-Pop Idol judge said he was relieved but the past 14 months had been "hard and stressful".
In an emotional speech outside the court, he thanked his friends, listeners and his family "who have stuck by him when he was falling down".
"This case has once again raised concerns about how high profile cases such as this have been investigated by the CPS but this is not the time or the place to address these matters," he said.
He added that "a lot had been said and written" about him that would need to be "addressed and rectified".
Prosecutors had claimed the DJ had exploited the privilege that came with his fame to abuse women and girls.
One of his alleged victims said she was 14 when Mr Fox took her to an underground car park at Capital Radio in Euston, central London, and kissed her.
The court had also heard from a woman who was 14 when Mr Fox allegedly kissed her and slid his hand up her skirt at a motor show in Bromley, south-east London, in July 1991.
The three adult complainants came into contact with Mr Fox through work at radio stations, spanning a period of 11 years.
Mr Fox, who uses the nicknames Dr Fox and Foxy, became well known for presenting the chart show on Capital Radio, and was a judge on the ITV show Pop Idol between 2001 and 2003 alongside Simon Cowell.
He joined Magic 105.4 in 2005, where he presents the breakfast show, Foxy in the Morning. He is currently not hosting the show.
In a police statement made last year, he said there was "lots of banter" in radio but "I know where the line is, and I have not crossed the line".

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