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@**caution**opinion_ahead wrote:

I was saying ...

 

I don't think juries should have time limits, no.

 

But ... take the charge about an assault at an event in Portsmouth.  Surely, a name as big as this making an appearance would warrant a story in a local newspaper?  Surely hundreds of others must have attended?   Yet, the police could find nothing - no evidence at all that he was ever there.

 

He may be guilty of some, or even all, the offences.  Only he knows the full story.  My point is historic claims where there is no corroborative evidence are problematic.   I understand other victims have come forward during the trial.  Some may be telling the truth.  All may be telling the truth.  But no one can say for sure, unless non-victims can support the claims, eg an assault was witnessed, a parent or friend was confided in at the time, etc.

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Being found guilty of the 5 charges relating to the three women from various parts of the country fit your description regarding corroborative evidence but the 7 charges relating to his daughter's friend don't.

Those 5 verdicts are obviously important to the victims and to those close to Rolf Harris but as regards anything else they are unlikely to make much difference to either the sentencing nor to his now non-existent reputation.