King makes appeal bid

King makes appeal bid

King has insisted he is innocent

Former music impresario Jonathan King has asked the Criminal Cases Review Commission to review his case.

King is serving a seven-year jail sentence for sexually abusing boys in the 1980s.

In January the Court of Appeal refused him permission to appeal against his conviction.

The CCRC will now decide whether King's case should, in fact, be heard by the Appeal Court.

King, 58, was found guilty in September 2001 of four indecent assaults and two serious sexual offences against boys aged 14 and 15.

Market research

He has always maintained his innocence, saying it was impossible to defend himself against allegations that had happened many years previously.

King admitted "thousands" of youngsters had been in his home over the years as part of what he claimed was his market research into teenagers' musical tastes.

His trial was told that his "method" involved luring teenage boys back to his home before showing them pictures of naked women and assaulting them.

He often gave them signed T-shirts and records after attacks.

In January the Court of Appeal in London rejected the argument that King's convictions on six charges were unsafe and that the sentence was "manifestly too severe".