Fred Talbot, pictured here in 2015, has admitted sexually assaulting a tenth victim
Disgraced weatherman Fred Talbot is facing an extended stretch in jail after pleading guilty to molesting a tenth victim.
In his first ever admission of guilt, the former This Morning host admitted sexually assaulting a pupil in 1980 when he was a biology teacher at Altrincham Grammar School for boys.
The 67-year old is currently serving a five-year jail term for abusing two former pupils at the school in Cheshire in the 1980s.
Last May he was given another four years jail in Scotland for abusing seven more boys during school camping trips in the same period.
Until now Talbot had always denied wrongdoing – forcing victims to relive their ordeals in the witness box.
Former pupil and Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, while not a victim of abuse, gave evidence against Talbot in 2015.
He claimed he saw Talbot abuse his classmates.
Yesterday Talbot appeared before magistrates in Manchester where he admitted one charge of sexually assaulting a boy aged 16 in June 1980 in the Trafford area of South Manchester.
He was brought from the Category C Wymott jail in Lancashire, and spoke to confirm his name and his guilty plea and was muttering throughout the brief hearing.
Talbot became a weatherman for ITV’s This Morning in 1988 where he became known for presenting forecasts from a large floating map of the British Isles at the Albert Dock in Liverpool. He is pictured here in 1990
He was sent to crown court for sentencing and was remanded back in custody.
District Judge John Timperley told Talbot: ‘I am satisfied that this is a case which should be sentenced in the crown court and I am aware that he is already serving a sentence for similar matters.’
He will be sentenced at Minshull Street Court on November 29.
Talbot completed his teacher training in Gateshead in the the 1960s before being appointed a biology master at Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in 1971.
He left in 1984 under a cloud after he propositioned two pupils at his semi detached home in Bowdon but the scandal was kept a secret and he began presenting regional news programmes for ITV.
He became a weatherman for ITV’s This Morning in 1988 where he became known for presenting forecasts from a large floating map of the British Isles at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.
His home was raided by police in December 2012, while he was on a holiday cruise and he was arrested the following April.
He first stood trial in January 2015 accused of abusing four former pupils at Altrincham Grammar and a fifth from the Newcastle area, during a canal holiday.
The 67-year old (pictured left in a police photo and right on ITV) is currently serving a five-year jail term for abusing two former pupils at the school in Cheshire in the 1980s
Former pupil and Stone Roses singer Ian Brown, while not a victim of abuse, gave evidence against Talbot in 2015 – claiming he saw him abuse his former classmates
It was claimed he showed gay pornography during classes and kept diaries detailing his fantasies about boys at the school.
In February 2015 Talbot was found guilty of indecent assault against two of the boys and cleared of eight further charges and was subsequently jailed for five years.
In May this year he appeared at Lanark Sheriff Court and was convicted of indecent assault against seven other boys boys during camping and boating trips to Scotland.
He was sentenced to a further four years to start from 14 August, after he had served half of his five year stretch.
The offences took place on separate occasions during visits to the St Mary’s Loch area near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway and the Caledonian canal near Inverness.
All the boys told of their excitement at going on the excursions – sometimes the first time away from their parents – only for Talbot to exploit his position to engineer situations to target them with his sexual advances after plying them with alcohol.