Rolf Harris jailed for 5yrs 9months for indecent assault
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Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986.
Harris remained calm as the London jury delivered its unanimous verdicts on all 12 charges.
The 84-year-old has been granted bail until his sentencing on Friday, but has been told to expect a custodial sentence.
His defence team says neither the entertainer nor his family will be giving interviews or making comments to the media in the United Kingdom or Australia.
In addition to the complainants, another six women gave supporting evidence that the artist and entertainer had abused them in Australia, New Zealand and Malta between 1969 and 1991.
Harris denied inappropriately touching any of the alleged victims and pleaded not guilty in court. "They are all making it up," he told the jury in late May.
During the case, prosecutor Sasha Wass QC said none of Harris's accusers knew each other but their accounts bore "striking similarities".
She described Harris as a "sinister pervert" who used his fame to mesmerise his victims, treating "underage girls as sexual objects" to be "groped and mauled".
Harris was arrested in March last year on suspicion of sexual offences as part of Operation Yewtree, which was set up following revelations about the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.
Vile old man. Honestly though, I was extremely shocked when I first started seeing the rumours about him. Lock him up.
Same, like he always seemed a little creepy/odd but I just took that as dagginess. Telling his daughters 13yr old friend she looked hot in a bikini and how amazing her body was, like
