@upthecreekyetagain wrote:
I am at a loss to understand how someone can be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt if it's taken five days to come to that conclusion.
Surely the simple fact that it's taken that long indicates there is a doubt, at least amongst some of the jurors.
In principle I think you're right, but I think Rolf Harris has been charged with 12 counts and the jury is supposed to consider each one separately so they have probably taken only a few hours per charge (so far).
That raises another of the problems with these historical cases against 'celebrities': the CPS likes to pile lots of charges together to make it more likely that they'll get at least one conviction.
