Rolf Harris charged with 13 sex offences

Azhria Lilu

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Rolf Harris is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, September 23.

Full details of the charges are as follows:
  • Six offences of indecent assault relating to a girl aged between 15 and 16 from 1980 to 1981.
  • Three offences of indecent assault relating to a girl aged 14, in 1986.
  • Four offences of making indecent images of a child between March and July 2012

I find this quite sad, if it's true. I wasn't surprised when it came out about Jimmy Saville, I always thought he was a bit creepy but it seems like they're arresting absolutely everyone who was famous in the 60s/70s on tv now. It feels more like a witchhunt than anything else.

Obviously, I'm not privy to all the information and/or evidence they have on the likes of Rolf or Freddie Starr and the rest... but I don't know. It was a more innocent time back then and I'm not convinced that things that people frown upon now - cuddling a child, tickling, etc, I mean teachers aren't even allowed to pull down a pair of tights if a child has hurt themselves to check for blood on skinned knees - are being turned into something that they're not.

Maybe that's naive of me, but I just don't believe everyone was up to no good.
 
It certainly is quite sad! But I remember people saying the same about Jimmy Saville. If he did wrong, he certainly has to suffer the consequences.
 
It certainly is quite sad! But I remember people saying the same about Jimmy Saville. If he did wrong, he certainly has to suffer the consequences.
Completely agree. It is a shame someone so talented has been brought into this - but Celebrities need to learn they are not exempt from the law if you do the crime you do the time, just a shame for many people who have put so much into a career that all they are going to be remembered for is this type of thing now.
 
Oh I don't deny that if these people have done the things claimed, then yes they need to learn they're not exempt from the law and pay for their actions, but at the same time I do wonder how much of it has turned into a witchhunt because of Saville (him I do believe all the claims about!)
 
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