Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault
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ROLF Harris, a mainstay of family entertainment in Britain and Australia for more than 50 years, was found guilty yesterday of 12 charges of indecently assaulting young girls over a period of nearly 20 years.
Harris, 84, was unanimously found guilty at a London court of indecently assaulting four girls, some as young as 7 or 8, between 1968 and 1986.
Harris, an artist, musician and singer who presented TV shows mostly aimed at children, is the biggest name to go on trial since British police launched a major investigation after revelations that the late BBC TV host Jimmy Savile was a prolific child sex abuser.
Over a dozen ageing celebrities have been targeted as part of the same investigation.
Harris will be sentenced on Friday.
During the trial, the prosecution had portrayed the entertainer, who once painted Queen Elizabeth’s portrait, as a predator who groomed and abused one 13-year-old girl for her entire teenage and young-adult life.
Harris, who sang snippets of his most famous songs when giving evidence in court, said he had only ever had a consensual adult affair with the woman.
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