Peter Rowell

Peter Rowell, a former BBC and ITV presenter, was sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing five girls between 1989 and the early 1990s. He admitted to 12 charges of indecent assault on girls under 16, six charges of making indecent images, and one of possessing images. Rowell, 53, had denied a charge of rape, but the jury at Bristol Crown Court accepted an alternative charge of indecent assault. The assaults took place at the radio station GWR and at a victim's home address. Rowell was also placed on the sex offenders register. Judge David Ticehurst stated that the effect on his victims had been "considerable" and that Rowell had abused his position of trust in the media to attract young girls.