14/01/2014

Rolf Harris Plea Hearing Underway

Rolf Harris has appeared before Southwark Crown Court to enter pleas over 12 counts of indecent assaults.

The 83-year-old veteran entertainer and TV presenter is accused of assaulting four girls between 1968 and 1986, along with four counts of making indecent images of a child between March and July 2012.

It is understood that Harris will enter a not guilty plea to all charges.

The trial continues.

(MH/IT)

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