Ray Teret

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Ray Teret (born c. 1941)[1] is an English radio disc jockey who started his career in the 1960s.

He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and started work as a warehouse clerk, apprentice heating engineer and waiter at the Ritz Ballroom in Manchester.[2] In the early 1960s, Teret met Jimmy Savile after winning the Savile-run singing contest at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.[3] The two men later shared a flat on Great Clowes Street in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire,[3] with Teret becoming Savile's support DJ, assistant and chauffeur.[4] During this period, Savile referred to Teret as his son, while Teret referred to Savile as Dad.[5]

Teret joined Radio Caroline North in the mid-1960s, where he became known as "Ugli" Ray Teret. His theme music was Jungle Fever by the Tornados, and he also used The Ugly Bug Ball by Burl Ives. After leaving Radio Caroline North in 1966, two years before it closed down, Teret worked in a series of DJ and media related work, mainly on the radio in the Manchester area, including Signal Radio[6] and Piccadilly Radio.

On 8 November 2012, Teret was arrested at his home on Woodlands Road in Altrincham by Greater Manchester Police, one of two arrests made in respects of an allegation of historical rape.[7] The offences are alleged to have taken place in Trafford in the 1960s and 1970s, against three women who were then under the age of consent.[3] The arrests were not part of Operation Yewtree.[8] Teret appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court in October 2013. He was charged with a total of 32 offences spanning several decades, including 15 counts of rape of girls aged under 16, nine of indecent assault and three of possessing illegal materials. He was released on bail.[1] On 15 November he attended court and was again granted bail, until April 2014. It was reported that he was expected to plead not guilty.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Savile ex-driver is granted bail on child sex charges". BBC News. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ the Pirate radio Hall of fame: Ray Teret. Retrieved 27 October 2013
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Jimmy Savile's former chauffeur Ray Teret arrested on suspicion of raping schoolgirls". Manchester Evening News. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  4. ↑ Jonathan Owen, Paul Cahalan (28 October 2012). "DJ's relatives tell of despair and sadness claims". The Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  5. ↑ Dan Davies (6 October 2012). "'Little slaves', sordid boasts and the dark truth about my 'friend' Jimmy Savile, by the biographer who tried to unmask him". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  6. ↑ Ian Storer (5 April 2010). "A look at Macclesfield news of 1984". Ian Storer. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  7. ↑ Steve Anderson (8 November 2012). "Jimmy Savile's former chauffeur and flatmate arrested on suspicion of historic rape". The Independent. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Jimmy Savile's chauffeur arrested". BBC News. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Jimmy Savile's ex-driver Ray Teret to deny sex charges". BBC News. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013. 

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