Complainants in Rolf Harris trial

At his latest trial in London Rolf Harris was accused by seven women of groping offences that spanned four decades.

SEVEN WOMEN PURSUED GROPING CLAIMS AGAINST ROLF HARRIS AT HIS LATEST TRIAL:

Case 1 - A woman now in her 50s said that when she was 14 Harris put his hand up her skirt and touched her vagina at a music festival in London in 1971.

Jury failed to reach a verdict.

Case 2 - A woman in her 50s said when she was 13 Harris gave her a cuddle then put his hand up her skirt and touched her vagina as she sought an autograph from him outside a radio station in 1977.

Jury found Harris not guilty.

Case 3 - A blind and disabled woman now in her 60s said Harris "slobbered" over her and squeezed her breasts during a recording session at a London hospital in 1977 when she was aged 27.

Jury found Harris not guilty.

Case 4 - A woman now in her 50s said when she was 16 Harris cupped her breast and slid his hand up the inside of her thighs at a celebrity sports event in Cambridge in 1978.

Jury failed to reach a verdict.

Case 5 - A woman now in her 40s said when she was 13 in 1983 Harris slid his hand under her breast at the BBC Television Centre and asked her "Do you often get molested on a Saturday morning?"

Jury failed to reach a verdict.

Case 6 - A singer now in her 30s said when she was 19 in 2002 Harris entered a band rehearsal and made sexual comments to her as he rubbed her bare lower back under her crop-top.

Jury failed to reach a verdict.

Case 7 - A woman in her 50s said that when she was a 42-year-old assistant TV producer in 2004, Harris lunged at her at a London studio, grabbing her breasts and thrusting his crotch against her.

Jury found Harris not guilty.


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