ROLF HARRIS TRIALS

TOTAL JURY DELIBERATION TIME: Approximately 69 hours

JUNE 2014 JUSTICE SWEENEY TRIAL 12 counts

Duration: 6 weeks; Jury deliberation time: 37 hours 45 minutes; Guilty on 12 indecent

assaults; Sentence 5 years 9 months imprisonment

Gist of Offence Date of Offence Age of Similar Fact Corroboration

Complainant Evidence

Count 1: 1968 or 1969 8 6 others not No

Hampshire subject of
Committed in
autograph charges
public
hunter touched
twice over
clothing

Count 2: 1978 16 6 others not No

Waitress subject of
Committed in
touched briefly charges
public
on vagina

Counts 3 to 9: Began 1978 till 13 to 19 then 6 others not Very

Touching and 1994 affair subject of apologetic
then 10-year charges letter to father
Not brief or
sexual affair admits sex but
opportunistic like
with denies
other counts.
daughters illegality or
friend. Digital impropriety
penetration
and oral
assault.

Counts 10 to 1986 15 (complainant 6 others not No

12: 3 incidents sold story to subject to
in London pub media for 33,00 charges
in one period; in 2001)
rubbing then
Committed in
hand down top
public
and up skirt.
Digital
penetration.
FEBRUARY 2017 JUDGE McCREATH TRIAL 7 counts

Harris had already served 2 years and 7 months in prison; Duration: 4 weeks; Jury
deliberation time: 26 hours 16 minutes; Acquittal on 3 counts; Hung jury on 4 counts; To be
retried.

Gist of Offence Date of Offence Age of Similar Fact Corroboration

Complainant Evidence

Blind disabled 1977 Mid-20s Previous No

woman groped convictions from
Committed in
assaulted for first trial
public
10 minutes
Acquitted by
jury

Grope at End of 1970s 12 Previous No

Portsmouth convictions from
Committed in
autograph first trial
public
hunter
Acquitted

After TV show 2004 Committed in Previous No

public convictions from
Acquitted
first trial

Singer (stroked 2002 18 Previous No

legs and convictions from
Committed in
breast) first trial
public
Hung jury

Lyceum July 1971 14 (Complained Previous No

Theatre July 2014) convictions from
musician (hand first trial
Committed in
up skirt)
public
Hung jury

London Bridge 19 Previous No

(stroked back convictions from
Committed in
making sexual first trial
public
comment)
Hung jury

After Saturday 13 Previous

Superstore TV convictions from
Committed in
felt under top first trial
public
Hung jury
JUDGE TAYLOR RETRIAL 4 counts

May 2017 (had already served 2 years and 10 months in prison); Duration: 2 weeks; Jury
deliberation time: about 5 hours; Hung jury; Acquitted

Gist of Offence Date of Offence Age of Similar Fact Corroboration

Complainant Evidence

Lyceum July 1971 14 Previous No

Theatre convictions above
(Officially
musician (hand
complained July
up skirt)
2014)
Hung jury then
Committed in
acquitted after
public
CPS withdraws

After Saturday 1983 13 Previous No

Superstore TV convictions above
Committed in
(felt under
public
top)
Hung jury then
acquitted after
CPS withdraws

ITVs Star 1978 16 Previous No

Games (2 convictions above
Committed in
counts of
public
indecent
assault
including new
one)

Backing singer 19
at rehearsal
Committed in
Dropped by public
CPS and not
tried