Editing Rolf Harris (section)

===Further charges===
On 12 February 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that Harris would face seven further indecent assault charges. The offences allegedly occurred between 1971 and 2004 and involve seven complainants who were aged between 12 and 27 at the time.<ref name="Further charges">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35561645?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central | title=Harris faces indecent assault charges | work=[[BBC News]] | date=12 February 2016 | access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> Harris pleaded not guilty to all of the charges via [[videolink]] at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 17 March and was told to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 14 April.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.sky.com/story/1661815/rolf-harris-denies-indecent-assault-charges | title= Rolf Harris Denies Indecent Assault Charges | publisher=Sky News | date=17 March 2016 | access-date=18 March 2016}}</ref> On 14 April, he pleaded not guilty to seven charges of indecent assault and one charge of sexual assault.

Harris's trial began on 9 January 2017,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36044681|title=Rolf Harris pleads not guilty to indecent assaults|work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref> with him appearing and watching by videolink from Stafford Prison. Harris did not have to attend in person because of his age and poor health.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/15/rolf-harris-will-not-have-to-attend-own-trial-in-person-judge-rules Rolf Harris will not have to attend own trial in person, judge rules] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref> The prosecution started its case on 11 January; the allegations involved unwanted [[groping]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/09/rolf-harris-watches-on-video-link-as-indecent-assault-trial-begins Rolf Harris watches on videolink as indecent assault trial begins] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref> Unlike at the previous trial, Harris did not give any evidence. His defence said that the jury in the first trial "got it wrong" and that the ensuing media frenzy "made him vulnerable to people making accusations against him".<ref name="notguilty">{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/rolf-harris-cleared-of-three-sex-offences-10760266|title=Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris cleared of three sex offences|date=8 February 2017|publisher=Sky News|access-date=19 February 2017}}</ref> On 8 February, Harris was acquitted of three charges. Judge Alistair McCreath discharged the jury from deliberating on the further four counts of which he was accused.<ref name="notguilty"/>

The prosecution team asked for one week to decide if it would apply for a retrial.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/rolf-harris-cleared-new-child-sex-offences-spanning-four-decades/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/08/rolf-harris-cleared-new-child-sex-offences-spanning-four-decades/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rolf Harris cleared of new child sex charges spanning four decades after second trial|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 February 2017|access-date=8 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 15 February, it was announced he would face a retrial for three offences, and one new charge (to which he pleaded not guilty). His retrial began on 15 May.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rolf-harris-sex-offence-rape-paedophile-tv-presenter-acquitted-retrial-a7580961.html|title=Rolf Harris faces retrial on three sex offence charges|date=15 February 2017|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=15 February 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> On 30 May, the jury were unable to reach verdicts and the prosecution announced that they would not pursue another retrial.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/30/rolf-harris-sexual-abuse-jury-discharged-after-failing-to-reach-verdict|title= Rolf Harris: no retrial on sex abuse charges after jury fails to reach verdict|date=30 May 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>