Editing Rolf Harris (section)

===Conviction and imprisonment===
After several delays in the trial, in which the judge's summing-up took three days, the jury retired to consider its verdict on 19 June 2014. On 30 June, Harris was found guilty of all 12 counts of indecent assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-28/harris-jurors-ask-for-letters-to-be-sent-to-employers/5556982|title=Rolf Harris trial: Jurors ask for letters to be sent to employers as trial continues|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|author=Miller, Barbara|date=28 June 2014|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/rolf-harris-jury-seeks-clarification-from-judge-20140627-zsno7.html|title=Rolf Harris jury seeks clarification from judge|work=[[The Age]]|date=27 June 2014|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=30 June 2014 |title=Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0630/627533-rolf-harris-verdict/ |newspaper=RTÉ News |access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rolf-harris-guilty-12-indecent-assaults-135722126.html?vp=1#ScqBQ5R|title=Rolf Harris guilty of 12 indecent assaults|work=Sky News|date=30 June 2014}}</ref>

At Southwark Crown Court on 4 July 2014, [[High Court judge (England and Wales)|Mr Justice]] [[Nigel Sweeney|Sweeney]] sentenced Harris to a total of five years and nine months in prison.<ref name=guardian040714>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/04/rolf-harris-jailed-indecent-assault-young-girls|title=Rolf Harris jailed for five years nine months for indecently assaulting girls|first=Peter|last=Walker|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> When passing sentence, the judge said to Harris: "You have shown no remorse for your crimes at all. Your reputation now lies in ruins, you have been stripped of your honours but you have no one to blame but yourself."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sentencing-remarks-mr-j-sweeney-r-v-harris1.pdf|title=Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Sweeney|website=Judiciary.gov|date=4 July 2014|access-date=18 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28140334|title=Rolf Harris has shown no remorse, judge says|work=[[BBC News]]|date=4 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> Some sentences were expected to run consecutively, and Harris was expected to serve half of his sentence in prison. He was told to pay [[Criminal costs|prosecution costs]], though not compensation to the victims.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28163593|title=Rolf Harris jailed for five years and nine months|work=[[BBC News]]|date=4 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2014}}</ref> The sentence was referred to the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] [[Dominic Grieve]] after complaints that it was too [[Criminal Justice Act 1988#Unduly lenient sentenceslenient|lenient]].<ref name="telegraph-10944530">{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=Martin|title=Rolf Harris latest: 'unduly lenient' sentence referred to Attorney General|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10944530/Rolf-Harris-jailed-for-five-years-and-nine-months.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10944530/Rolf-Harris-jailed-for-five-years-and-nine-months.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=4 July 2014|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 July 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 30 July 2014, the new Attorney General, [[Jeremy Wright]], announced that he would not be referring the sentence to the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] for review "as he did not think they would find it to be unduly lenient and increase it. The sentencing judge was bound by the maximum sentence in force at the time of the offending."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowcott|first1=Owen|title=Rolf Harris's prison sentence will not be increased despite complaints|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/30/rolf-harris-prison-sentence-not-increased|access-date=30 July 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 July 2014}}</ref>

On 1 August 2014, the Judicial Office said that Harris had applied to appeal against his conviction and that his lawyers had lodged papers at the Court of Appeal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris challenges indecent assault conviction|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28604456|access-date=1 August 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|date=1 August 2014}}</ref> In October 2014, Harris was refused permission to appeal, and could apply again before three judges.<ref name=Guard1Dec>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris loses first conviction appeal bid|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29852227|access-date=2 November 2014|work=[[BBC News]]|date=31 October 2014}}</ref> Harris did not lodge an appeal within the required 28 days, or ask for an extension.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris gives up attempt to overturn sexual assault convictions|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/02/rolf-harris-gives-up-attempt-to-overturn-sexual-assault-convictions|access-date=1 December 2014|agency=Australian Associated Press|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

Following his conviction, it was reported in July 2014,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Australian Associated Press|title=Rolf Harris: New Zealander makes formal complaint of sexual assault|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/11/rolf-harris-new-zealand-woman-makes-formal-complaint-of-assault?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2|access-date=12 July 2014|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 July 2014}}</ref> October 2014<ref>{{cite news|author1=Australian Associated Press|title=Rolf Harris could face fresh charges as 10 new victims reportedly allege abuse|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/13/rolf-harris-could-face-fresh-charges-as-10-new-victims-allege-abuse|access-date=17 October 2014|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 October 2014}}</ref> and February 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31156427|title=Rolf Harris 'quizzed over sex offences'|date=5 February 2015|access-date=5 February 2015|work=[[BBC News]] }}</ref> that he was being investigated by police over other alleged sexual offences.

On 14 June 2015, ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' published a letter, claimed to have been written by Harris in prison and sent to one of his friends. It contained song lyrics that were highly abusive towards his female accusers. Harris was accused by Liz Dux, lawyer for the women who gave evidence, of [[victim blaming]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/i-represented-rolf-harris-victims-and-have-been-disgusted-by-his-lack-of-remorse-10322482.html|title=I represented Rolf Harris' victims, and have been disgusted by his lack of remorse|work=The Independent}}</ref> In response to the lyrics one of the victims said, "What he did was damage young women's self-worth, their confidence and for some of those women, he affected them deeply for the rest of their lives."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33135532|title=Rolf Harris jail song shows 'he still doesn't care'|work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 June 2015|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref> The publication of the letter led Dux to question whether Harris should get parole:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33125545|title=Victims lawyer: Rolf Harris 'woodworm' prison song 'must affect parole'|date=14 June 2015|access-date=14 June 2015|work=[[BBC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/child-protection/11673837/Rolf-Harris-cannot-be-denied-parole-despite-mocking-victims-in-prison-song.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/child-protection/11673837/Rolf-Harris-cannot-be-denied-parole-despite-mocking-victims-in-prison-song.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rolf Harris cannot be denied parole despite mocking victims in prison song|date=14 June 2015 |access-date=8 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rolf-harris-revolting-song-calling-victims-moneygrabbing-wenches-should-affect-his-parole-says-victims-lawyer-10318807.html|title=Rolf Harris' 'revolting' song insulting his victims should 'affect his parole' says lawyer|date=14 June 2015|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>

{{Blockquote | style=font-size:100% | text=It should certainly affect the way he's treated when he applies for early release – he hasn't understood the severity of his crimes. This letter was clearly written by a man who has contempt for his victims and is utterly unrepentant. Far from being reformed by his time in prison, it seems to have fed his perverse sense of indignation and his arrogance is undiminished. If it is the case that a parole board can't take this into account it is totally wrong. Harris has caused those he abused great harm, and by writing this letter, he continues to cause them harm.}}

In 2014, [[Vanessa Feltz]] alleged that Harris sexually assaulted her while she interviewed him live on the bed during an edition of [[Channel 4]] morning programme ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/06/linda-nolan-vanessa-feltz-rolf-harris|title=Vanessa Feltz and Linda Nolan reveal assaults by Rolf Harris|first=Chris|last=Johnston|date=6 July 2014|access-date=16 October 2022|work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[Linda Nolan]] alleged that he groped her in 1975, when she was 15, when [[the Nolan Sisters]] were his support act in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28190812|title='Vile' reaction to Vanessa Feltz's Rolf Harris claims|work=[[BBC News]] |date=July 2014}}</ref>
	
Harris served his sentence initially at [[HM Prison Bullingdon]], then [[HM Prison Stafford]], which is specifically for men convicted of sex offences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/10/13/rolf-harris-now-in-stafford-prison/|title=Rolf Harris now in Stafford Prison|work=expressandstar.com|date=13 October 2014 }}</ref> He was released on 19 May 2017, after serving three years of his sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39973440|title=Rolf Harris released from Stafford Prison|date=19 May 2017|access-date=19 May 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>