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Fresh assault charges after Clifford is jailed


Evening Standard/London

Disgraced PR guru Max Clifford is under further investigation after Scotland Yard said it is looking into fresh allegations against him.
The 71-year-old has spent his first night in jail after being sentenced to eight years yesterday for a a string of eight indecent assaults against young women between 1977 and 1984.
Scotland Yard has now said other people have since come forward with allegations against him.
“We have received further information and this is currently subject to review,” a spokesman said.
Clifford used his celebrity connections to exploit women, and even a girl of just 15.
As a result of the age of the offences, he was charged under an act from 1956, which set the maximum term for each charge at two years - avoiding more stringent sentencing rules under more recent legislation.
The 15-year-old victim said Clifford abused her on a number of occasions after he met her family on holiday in Torremolinos in Spain in 1977.
She later wrote him an anonymous letter saying he had made her life “a living hell”.
Another alleged victim, who was an extra in the film Octopussy, claimed she was targeted at Clifford’s office in 1981 or 1982, aged 19.
An 18-year-old dancer was also targeted by the PR expert, who took her into a nightclub toilet in the early 1980s and forced her to touch his penis, saying “Who is going to believe you?”.
The shameless agent had branded his accusers “fantasists”. He remained defiant ahead of his sentencing, saying: “I stand by everything I have said in the last 17 months.”
Passing sentence at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, Judge Anthony Leonard condemned Clifford’s “contemptuous” behaviour during the trial, referring to a strange encounter when he was filmed mimicking a Sky News reporter as he recorded a piece to camera.
“I find your behaviour to be quite extraordinary and a further indication that you show no remorse,” the judge added.
Speaking outside court, Detective Chief Inspector Michael Orchard said Scotland Yard had seen an additional 1,400 allegations of sexual abuse in the last 12 months.
He said: “I would like to again thank all the victims for their courage, strength and bravery in coming forward. Without their support we would not have secured this conviction.
“My officers carried out a painstaking investigation to identify all historic and current evidential opportunities without fear or favour to ensure this case was brought to trial.
“I hope this gives other victims the courage to come forward knowing we will make every effort to investigate their claims regardless of the passage of time.
“Our specially trained officers along with CPS colleagues will continue to work tirelessly to bring sex offenders, whether recent or not, to justice.”






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