0/5

Rolf Harris faces UK retrial on assault charges

Trial begins on 4 charges of indecent assault involving disgraced entertainer and three teenagers between 1971 - 1983.

The latest trial involving disgraced Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is underway in the UK.

The case is being retried after an earlier jury could not agree on a verdict.

Harris, 87, is on trial on four charges of indecent assault against three teenagers between 1971 and 1983. He appeared in person for the first time after being released from prison. He had been participating via video-link beforehand, but was released from prison on Friday morning.

The woman, who was 13 at the time of the alleged incident, claimed Harris groped her after he appeared on the BBC’s Saturday Superstore in 1983.

He denies the charges.

The complainant, who gave evidence via video link was quizzed on her motives for coming forward 30 years after the alleged incident.

Asked by prosecutor Jonathan Rees if she had made a claim for compensation, she said: “No I haven’t, and I don’t intend to.

“This has never been about compensation, it’s been about vindication and justice.”

The jurors have previously been told that Harris was convicted and sentenced for other offences in 2014.

The trial continues.

Source: BBC, HuffPost