Harris jury in sixth day of deliberations

The jury in Rolf Harris's child sex abuse trial has returned for a sixth day of deliberations at Southwark Crown Court.

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Australian entertainer Rolf Harris leaves Southwark Crown Court with niece Jenny and daughter Bindi Nicholls on June 24, 2014. (AAP)

The jury in the Rolf Harris child sex abuse trial in London has started a sixth day of deliberations.

Justice Nigel Sweeney first asked the 12 jurors to retire just after midday last Thursday. At the time the judge said: "You must not feel under any pressure of time at all."

So far the jury has been out for 25 hours.

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

The former TV presenter is charged with 12 counts of indecent assault against four girls in the UK between 1968 and 1986. The Australian's main accuser is a childhood friend of Bindi.

She claims Harris abused her from the age of 13, but he insists the pair had a 10-year consensual affair that started after she turned 18.

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

Harris denies touching any of the women inappropriately. He told the court in late May: They are all making it up.

Justice Sweeney has asked for unanimous verdicts at this stage.


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