Harris jury continues deliberations

Jurors who'll decide the fate of veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris are continuing their deliberations for a third day in London.

Jurors in the trial of Rolf Harris have started their third day of deliberations in London as they try to reach unanimous verdicts in the entertainer's child sex abuse case.

The 12 jury members first retired on Thursday and continued their deliberations on Friday afternoon. So far they've been out for eight hours in total.

Harris, 84, is waiting for news in the cafeteria at Southwark Crown Court supported by his daughter, Bindi, and a small group of other family and friends.

The Australian's wife, Alwen, isn't at court on Monday.

The jury members on Friday asked Justice Nigel Sweeney three questions including what steps they could take if they were unable to reach unanimous verdicts.

"At the moment the only verdict on each on each count I can accept from you is one upon which you are all agreed," the judge told them.

However, Justice Sweeney noted that position could change, in which case he'd give them "further directions".

When Justice Sweeney sent the jury out late last week he said: "You must not feel under any pressure of time at all."

It's believed the jury could take more than a week to reach verdicts.

The man who gave the world the wobble board is charged with 12 counts of indecent assault against four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986.

The main complainant is a childhood friend of Harris's daughter.

Another six women gave supporting evidence during the trial that Harris abused them in Australia, New Zealand and Malta between 1969 and 1991.

Harris denies touching any of the women inappropriately.

"They are all making it up," he told the court in late May.


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