Max Clifford charged with 11 counts of indecent assault
We recently criticised Operation Yewtree for failing to take proper action against anyone since it began. Now, with Max Clifford having been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault, progress has at last been made.
Today, Clifford was officially charged with:
– One offence of indecent assault relating to a girl, aged 14, in 1966.
– One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 18, in 1974/1975.
– Three offences of indecent assault relating to a girl, aged 15, in 1977/1978.
– One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 19, in 1978.
– Two offences of indecent assault relating to a girl, aged 16 or 17, in 1981/1982.
– One offence of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 19, in 1980/1981.
– Two offences of indecent assault relating to a woman, aged 18, in 1984/1985.
Clifford will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court’ on 28th May 2013. Indecent assault is an offence contrary to Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956. It is punishable by up to 10 years’ imprisonment upon conviction in the Crown Court.
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer man. Whether he is proven innocent or guilty, those who have witnessed his manipulation of the media will not be feeling sorry tonight. Max Clifford is a man who built his career upon his “ability” to trade stories about certain people so he could protect others. Now, finally, he’s getting a dose of his own medicine.