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muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:58 AM Jun 2014

Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults

Source: BBC

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls.

The 84-year-old was convicted of 12 attacks between 1968 and 1986.

One of the victims was a childhood friend of his daughter, Bindi. Another was aged seven or eight.
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The central allegation concerned a friend of Harris's daughter, whom the court heard he groomed and molested from the age of 13 until she was 19.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28094561

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Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assaults (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2014 OP

It might be more efficient to just imprison every 70's UK TV star Bosonic Jun 2014 #1

I suspect the jury will tie his kangaroo down, sport, for a long, long time... regnaD kciN Jun 2014 #2

well, they tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed. kwassa Jun 2014 #3

Watch me wallaby's feed, mate, watch me wallaby's feed. mac56 Jun 2014 #5

OK, I'll play. WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2014 #7

Horrible shenmue Jul 2014 #10

disgusting shireen Jun 2014 #4

agreed Skittles Jun 2014 #6

And next Rolf Harris will do Two Little boys PaddyIrishman Jul 2014 #8

Rolf Harris jailed for five years nine months for indecently assaulting girls muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #9

Rolf Harris jail sentence to be reviewed by attorney general muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #11

Bosonic

(3,746 posts)

1. It might be more efficient to just imprison every 70's UK TV star

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 11:04 AM

Jun 2014

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

2. I suspect the jury will tie his kangaroo down, sport, for a long, long time...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 09:14 PM

Jun 2014

kwassa

(23,340 posts)

3. well, they tanned his hide when he died, Clyde, and that's it hanging on the shed.

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 09:41 PM

Jun 2014

Altogether now!

mac56

(17,567 posts)

5. Watch me wallaby's feed, mate, watch me wallaby's feed.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:53 PM

Jun 2014

They're a dangerous breed, mate..

WinstonSmith4740

(3,056 posts)

7. OK, I'll play.

Reply to kwassa (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 12:00 AM

Jul 2014

n' take me koala back, Jack
Take me koala back
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac
So take me koala back.

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

10. Horrible

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 10:14 AM

Jul 2014

shireen

(8,333 posts)

4. disgusting

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:21 PM

Jun 2014

i used to listen to his songs as a kid, and enjoyed them. Hearing this makes my skin crawl.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

6. agreed

Reply to shireen (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 10:55 PM

Jun 2014

I was a fan of his as a child in England but now.....

PaddyIrishman

(110 posts)

8. And next Rolf Harris will do Two Little boys

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 09:25 AM

Jul 2014

muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts)

9. Rolf Harris jailed for five years nine months for indecently assaulting girls

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 08:46 AM

Jul 2014

Rolf Harris has been jailed for carrying out a series of indecent assaults on young women and girls, including an eight-year-old autograph hunter and the 13-year-old friend of his daughter.

The judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, sentenced the 84-year-old entertainer to a total of five years and nine months in prison on 12 counts of indecent assault. Harris will serve half the total jail sentence with some of the individual sentences to be served consecutively and others concurrently.
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Before a packed courtroom on Friday, Sweeney said to Harris: "You showed no remorse. You took advantage of the trust placed in you through celebrity status … You clearly got a thrill from committing offences while others were nearby. You have shown no remorse at all.
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"The attacks that happened have made me feel dirty, grubby and disgusting. The whole sordid saga has traumatised me," the statement said. "As a young girl I had aspirations to have a career, settle down and have a family. However, as a direct result of his actions, this has never materialised. The knowledge of what he had done to me haunted me. However, his popularity with the British public made it harder for me to deal with."

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/04/rolf-harris-jailed-indecent-assault-young-girls

muriel_volestrangler

(101,315 posts)

11. Rolf Harris jail sentence to be reviewed by attorney general

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 11:21 AM

Jul 2014

Rolf Harris's prison sentence has been referred to the attorney general for being unduly lenient, it has emerged.

A small number of members of the public were said to have complained to the country's top lawyer about the 84-year-old entertainer's jail term of five years and nine months for 12 counts of indecent assault of girls.

It only takes one person to make contact for the attorney general to have to consider the punishment. Dominic Grieve now has 28 days to decide whether any action should be taken.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/04/rolf-harris-jail-sentence-review-attorney-general

If the AG's office agrees, the sentence goes to the Court of Appeal for review: https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-low-crown-court-sentence

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