Rolf Harris cleared of 3 sex assault charges; jury fails to return verdict on 4 others

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Rolf Harris court case
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Australian TV entertainment star Rolf Harris was found not guilty of three charges, while the jury failed to return a verdict on four others and was discharged by the judge

Disgraced entertainer and TV personality Rolf Harris has been found not guilty of two charges of indecent assault and one of sexual assault.

The BBC reports that the jury also failed to return a verdict on four other counts at Southwark Crown Court after deliberating for a week.

Harris, 86, made no reaction when the not guilty verdicts were read out.

Judge Alistair McCreath discharged the jury from deliberating on the further four counts he was accused of.

Harris is currently in jail after a 2014 trial saw him convicted of 12 sex offences against four females, including a girl under 10.

More to follow.

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.