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Sex predator - or another victim of the great celeb witchhunt? Police probe 46-year-old allegation against late comedy genius Leonard Rossiter
Operation Yewtree officers have been told the actor was involved in abuse
Claims it happened on set of the 1968 drama, The Year of the Sex Olympics
Police are said to be preparing to question up to ten former BBC staff
By GEOFFREY LEVY Mail

Rolf Harris trial: Live updates as jury considers its verdict for an eighth day
Jurors were sent out more than a week ago to consider the 12 counts of indecent assault the Australian entertainer faces

By Jessica Best Mirror

Rolf Harris Guilty Of 12 Indecent Assaults

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of a string of indecent assaults against underage girls.

Harris, whose showbusiness career spans more than 60 years , was impassive as the jury returned guilty verdicts on all 12 counts after a seven-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Justice Sweeney warned Harris it was "inevitable" a custodial sentence would be possible .

It is the highest profile conviction achieved by officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree team - the unit set up to investigate historical sex abuse claims in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

From Sky News

Rolf Harris's other victims - his wife Alwen and daughter Bindi

As Rolf Harris was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on Monday, the shivers that ran through the courtroom were felt across Britain. How could a man who had endeared himself to millions as a warm and apparently harmless entertainer be capable of such horrifying crimes?

But for those who had watched the presenter arrive at court every morning of the six-week trial, flanked by his wife, Alwen, and daughter, Bindi, other questions sprang to mind. What must it be like to have a loved one accused of child sex offences? And how does one reconcile loyalty to family with the unequivocal guilty verdicts of a jury who had heard shocking details of the abuse he had perpetrated over decades?

Independent

Harris jailed for over five years

Entertainer Rolf Harris, 84, jailed for five years and nine months for 12 indecent assaults on four girls BBC

Rolf Harris caught with 33 child porn images on computer when police raided his house
By Nigel Atkins Mirror

It seems the Rolf was as predatory as his mate Jimmy.

Stephen Fry stuns Labour gala as he hits out at sex abuse investigation: Miliband rebukes TV star after he attacks former Director of Public Prosecutions
Host Stephen Fry left audience at Labour fundraiser in shocked silence
Comedian criticised Operation Yewtree investigation into historic abuse
He complained that less than 50 per cent of those held had been convicted
By GLEN OWEN Mail

Rolf Harris taken straight to cushy prison despite reports pervert would do hard time at tough jail

Staff at Wandsworth expected to see the pervert, who indecently assaulted a girl as young as seven, but he never showed up.

Instead he was taken to Bullingdon prison in leafy Oxfordshire to serve his five years and nine months.

Mirror

EXCLUSIVE: Tragic Jill Dando probed BBC PAEDO ring
MURDERED TV presenter Jill Dando tried to expose a paedophile ring involving “big-name” BBC stars, a former colleague has claimed.

By Don Hale www.dailystar.co.uk

Former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis is to stand trial for two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual assault. sky.com

Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning admits abusing boys BBC

Cliff Richard's home searched by police investigating sexual abuse claim
Allegation dates back to 1980s and involves boy aged under 16

Vikram Dodd guardian.com