Ex-DJ Ray Teret Guilty Of Rapes And Sex Attacks

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By Mike McCarthy, North of England Correspondent

Ray Teret, a close friend of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile, has been found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting schoolgirls.

Teret, who was also a DJ, attacked 11 victims throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

A crown court jury in Manchester heard the 73-year-old used his status as a local celebrity to single out vulnerable girls in nightclubs and discos.

He took one victim back to his flat and raped her while Savile was present.

The court was told that after the attack Teret told the 15-year-old: "You should be thanking us."

Teret, of Woodlands Road, Altrincham, told the court he had no interest in underage girls, despite being convicted for having sex with a 15-year-old girl in 1999, which he denies.

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Gallery: Ray Teret Used His Local Celebrity

Ray Teret, a friend of Jimmy Savile, used his status as a local celebrity to single out vulnerable girls in nightclubs and discos

Teret was a DJ on the pirate station Radio Caroline. He also worked at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester and performed in nightclubs and youth discos run by Savile

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He denied 18 rapes, two other serious sexual assaults, one attempted rape, 12 indecent assaults and one count of indecency with a child.

The jury found him guilty of seven rapes and 11 indecent assaults and not guilty of one serious sexual assault in relation to 11 victims.

Teret was cleared of various sexual offences relating to six other complainants, and not guilty of aiding and abetting Savile to rape a 15-year-old girl in the early 1960s.

However, he was found guilty himself of raping the same girl.

Teret was a DJ on the pirate station Radio Caroline. He also worked at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester and performed in nightclubs and youth discos run by Savile.

One man who knew him well told Sky News: "He loved Savile to bits."

Video producer Lez Barstow worked with the DJ for 18 months in the 1990s, helping him to put together a showreel which Teret hoped would help kickstart a career in television.

Barstow said that Teret, whose nickname was "Ugly", had an inflated idea of his own attraction to the opposite sex.

"He always seemed a bit of a fantasist. Certainly he thought he was irresistible," she said.

"I remember one incident where he was talking about his sex life and he was boasting about his conquests saying he was having sex with four different women every day."

Teret's offences finally came to light following the publicity surrounding Jimmy Savile in 2011.

The first of his victims contacted police in October 2012 and Teret was arrested the following month.

According to police the ensuing publicity caused a domino effect, prompting a number of other victims to come forward.

Detective Chief Inspector Graham Brock of Greater Manchester Police said: "There are no positives to take from Savile's appalling crimes, but by prompting Teret's victims to come forward, someone who is still alive has now been brought before the courts and finally made to answer for their heinous crimes.

He added: "This was not the trial of Jimmy Savile ... we need to focus on the victims who not only suffered appalling abuse at the hands of Teret but also suffered in silence for decades, fearing they would not be believed, that it was their fault or that it would tear their families apart."

Teret will be sentenced later this month.

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