Rolf Harris

[logbox]

Today in court Rolf sang part of Jake the peg and demonstated how to play the digeridoo, tomorrow he might do two little boys.

[saasher2012]

I think people will say oh it's because he's old & the stress of the trial etc, but to my mind he didn't consider his victims age or stress.
Not just in this case but also other crimes, if you are given say 5yrs as a sentence then that is what you should serve,

[tommy.irene]

Fury at Rolf Harris’s ‘unduly lenient’ jail term: Attorney General to review sentence of five years and nine months - as paedophile’s daughter puts on brave face after watching her father sent down

• Harris, 84, showed no emotion when he sentenced for 12 sexual assaults
• Judge said he 'took advantage of trust' - and he could be out in 3 years
• Case has been referred to Attorney General for review as 'unduly lenient'
  
• Judge said Harris got 'thrill' abusing children, declared him a sexual offender
• Moments before he was sentenced he was smiling and chatting to guards
• Earlier he was laughing and joking as he took a boat from Berkshire home
• Daughter Bindi batted away tears as her father was led down to the cells 
• Emerged police found stash of child abuse images on computer in 2012 
• Harris compiled images of 'extremely young' semi-naked children under 13 
• But charges for indecent images dropped after indecent assault conviction 
• One victim today said Harris made her feel 'dirty, grubby and disgusting'
• His wife Alwen did not join him for sentencing at Southwark Crown Court 
• Dozens have come forward with further sex abuse claims this week   

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680411/Rolf-Harris-leaves-home-boat-family-including-daught... 
There could be more Court cases..

[tommy.irene]

Dozens have come forward with further sex abuse claims this week 
There could be more Court cases to come..

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z36WWfGiUJ

 

[tommy.irene]

Prosecutors also tried to use evidence from another seven women with similar accounts, including a celebrity who said she was groped on live TV, but this was deemed inadmissible.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680282/Now-senior-politician-tells-Rolf-Harris-groped-20s-M... 

[rose2008-2008]

I would have thought he would have got at least 10 years,,, im really shocked about this. Im still just shocked and saddened as he was a celebrity i really liked. Weird,,,, my brother in Australia saw him sitting in the seats in front at a cricket match. He ran down and asked him for his autograph for his sister (me) in England, and he scribbled on a newspaper. I treasured this until over the years i lost it somewhere,,,never to be seen again. Or it got thrown with the rubbish. SPOOKY!!!!!

[merehazle]

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 astrologica wrote:
Great. And now we will have the endless rounds of 'I was abused by Rolf Harris' stories.....all for large amounts of money of course.

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Yes, astro.

And as the vultures gather...feisty Vanessa Feltz  alleges he also abused her.

Oh dear Vanessa, why not when you say it happened? Couldn't be you were waiting for his guilty verdict? And now the chance for some publicity too? 

Had this story never happened...you were never going to say anything that's obvious. That's sicking oppertunism IMO. Never mind Vanessa at least there's bound to be a few bob in it for you.

And I think I may have heard right that Linda Nolan (of the Nolan sisters) has alledged he abused her too?

#237  'Will they'  Yes, look see.   

[saasher2012]

Although I agree with a lot of what you say, especially on the point that they should have complained at the time of the alleged offence, correct me if I'm wrong VS has for some years alluded to the fact an assault from a so called celebrity had taken place but never named him. This however doesn't excuse her behaviour on jumping on the bandwagon.

[cee-dee]

Sam, does this link work for you?:-

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rolf-harris-faces-further-claims-of-sex-abuse/story-e6frg...

[bankhaunter]

I can understand there may be those who were scared to come forward before the trial, after all the accused may not be found guilty, but afterwards they want to get it off their chest now they feel safer.

However I don't think I would put such as Vanessa Feltz in that category, hardly a shrinking violet.

[cee-dee]

If you click that link, it works but if you try to copy & paste it's only part of the link.

This bit needs tacking on after "frg":-

6so-1226979317083?nk=365238ad3e2489b9ecefbccb844b0e6f

[saasher2012]

Yes thanks CD! I thought I'd remembered her saying she had been assaulted years ago, & far from being silent & jumping on the bandwagon as I said earlier she had reported it at the time so for that I apologise unreservedly !.
It matters not that she is no shrinking violet, she did the right thing in reporting him!.

[bankhaunter]

She wrote about it but didn't name him at the time nor does she appear to have informed the police early enough for her evidence to be used.

She wrote about it five months before the allegations became public.

[rose2008-2008]

I truly believe its just FEAR that prevents people from coming forward,,, pure and simple!. Then when others speak they will follow and speak up. Some people are like this. They have not got the courage to be the first to speak up and tell someone. i know it says above that vanessa did though, but did not name anyone.

[saasher2012]

I believe that many of us have been assaulted in one way or another to a lesser degree than what has gone on in these trials most of us deal with it by withering words or a nicely aimed kick & also by threatening to reveal to the low life's spouse what has gone on. Never thinking that these people are doing it to others, we think it's our problem alone.& I think that is the problem we don't want to be thought of as trouble makers. Even when you retaliate the tirade of personal abuse from the petulant perpetrator can be just as bad as the actual assault!.so yes I can see your point Rose.

[rose2008-2008]

Nail On The Head Saasher!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[saasher2012]

Not good though is it Rose? Perhaps if we had the courage to speak out these disgusting lowlife would be behind bars quicker & the world would be a safer place for the little ones!

[bankhaunter]

The thought that you could speak out, your complaint then not going anywhere and that you might be reviled or ostracised because of that complaint, can act as a powerful disincentive.

[astrologica]

I do wonder how many of these 'victims' would have come forward at all, at any time, if Mr Harris was just an 84 year old unknown senior citizen, living in a council care home without a penny to his name.

[saasher2012]

I think with respect that they have but because of the very scathing reasons you pointed out it's not big headline news!.

[bankhaunter]

There were 1,451 convictions over child pornography during Operation Ore but how many hit the headlines?