Editing Rolf Harris (section)

=={{anchor|Operation Yewtree arrest}}Sexual offences==
In March 2013, Harris was one of twelve people arrested in England during [[Operation Yewtree]], for questioning regarding historical allegations of sexual offences.<ref name="BBC q">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22212131|title=Rolf Harris questioned in Yewtree sex offence probe|work=[[BBC News]]|date=19 April 2013|access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="cps_charges">{{cite news|url=http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/operation_yewtree_-_rolf_harris_charged_with_13_offences|title=Operation Yewtree: Rolf Harris charged with 13 offences|work=CPS.gov|date=29 August 2013|access-date=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707101651/http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/operation_yewtree_-_rolf_harris_charged_with_13_offences/|archive-date=7 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=guardian29>{{cite news|author=Halliday, Josh|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/29/rolf-harris-charged-operation-yewtree|title=Rolf Harris charged with 13 child sex offences|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=29 August 2013|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="Rolf Harris facing three further sexual assault charges">{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris facing three further sexual assault charges|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25489501|access-date=23 December 2013|work=[[BBC News]]|date=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris arrested by police investigating sexual abuse allegations|url=http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/rolf-harris-arrested-by-police-investigating-sexual-abuse-allegations-29207695.html|access-date=19 April 2013|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=19 April 2013}}</ref> The allegations were not linked to the sexual misconduct revelations surrounding [[Jimmy Savile]], who died in 2011, and Harris denied any wrongdoing.<ref name="Australian">{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rolf-harris-on-underage-sex-assault-charges/story-e6frg6so-1226706975382|title=Rolf Harris on underage sex assault charges|work=[[The Australian]]|date=30 August 2013|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="news_com_au">{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris denies sex offence claims|url=http://www.news.com.au/national-news/rolf-harris-named-by-uk-newspaper-in-sex-inquiry/story-fncynjr2-1226624466404|access-date=19 April 2013|newspaper=[[News.com.au]]|date=19 April 2013|archive-date=19 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419061336/http://www.news.com.au/national-news/rolf-harris-named-by-uk-newspaper-in-sex-inquiry/story-fncynjr2-1226624466404|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was bailed without charge, did not comment publicly on the allegations,<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris arrested by Operation Yewtree police|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/apr/19/rolf-harris-arrested-operation-yewtree-police|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 April 2013}}</ref> and was understood to have denied them strongly.<ref name="news_com_au"/> When returning to the stage in May 2013 for the first time since his arrest, he thanked the audience for their support.<ref name="bbc 20 may 2013">{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris plays first live show since arrest|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22594336|access-date=21 May 2013|work=[[BBC News]]|date=20 May 2013}}</ref>

===Charges===
In August 2013, Harris was again arrested by Operation Yewtree officers and charged with nine counts of indecent assault dating to the 1980s, involving two girls between 14 and 16 years old, and four counts alleging production of indecent child images in 2012.<ref name="guardian29"/><ref name="BBCAug13">{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris faces new allegations|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23581847|access-date=5 August 2013|work=BBC News Online|date=5 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23880768|title=Assault charges for Rolf Harris|publisher=BBC|date=29 August 2013|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0829/470994-rolf-harris-charged-with-13-sex-offences|title=Rolf Harris Charged With 13 Sex Offences|publisher=Rte.ie|date=19 February 2013|access-date=30 August 2013}}</ref> The [[Crown Prosecution Service]]'s [[Alison Saunders]] explained to the media:
<blockquote style=font-size:100%>Having completed our review, we have concluded there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged&nbsp;... The decision has been taken in accordance with the code for crown prosecutors and the [[Director of Public Prosecutions]]'s interim guidelines on prosecuting cases of child sexual abuse. We have determined that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris charged with 13 child sex offences|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/29/rolf-harris-charged-operation-yewtree|access-date=31 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 August 2013|author=Josh Halliday}}</ref></blockquote>

Harris appeared at [[Westminster Magistrates' Court]] on 23 September 2013, charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of children. His lawyer indicated that Harris would plead not guilty and he was subsequently bailed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris to stand trial over assault charges in April|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24428587|access-date=7 October 2013|work=[[BBC News]] |date=7 October 2013}}</ref> In December 2013, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that Harris was facing three further counts of sexual assault. The CPS said that the new charges were of alleged assault against females aged nineteen in 1984, aged seven or eight in 1968 or 1969, and aged fourteen in 1975.<ref name="Rolf Harris facing three further sexual assault charges"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris facing three fresh sex assault charges|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-23/rolf-harris-facing-new-sex-assault-charges/5172432|access-date=23 December 2013|work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]|date=23 December 2013}}</ref> At a further hearing at [[Southwark Crown Court]] on 14 January 2014, Harris pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris pleads not guilty to a string of sexual assaults against four girls|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/rolf-harris-pleads-not-guilty-to-a-string-of-sexual-assaults-against-four-girls-9059432.html|work=The Independent|date=15 January 2014}}</ref>

The four counts of making indecent images were related to the [[Protection of Children Act 1978]], which interprets viewing images on a computer as making images. The charges were brought after detectives examined Harris's computer and found 33 images of possibly underage models among thousands of adult pornographic images. Harris never entered a plea on the charges, as his lawyers argued successfully that the charges should be [[Motion (legal)|severed]] from the 12 sexual assault charges and tried separately. In the aftermath of Harris's conviction, it was reported that his legal team had obtained the identity documents of the models involved, confirming they were adults over 18.<ref name=Julian2014>{{Cite news| last = Drape| first = Julian| title = Harris won't be tried over 'teen' porn| work = GoldCoastBulletin| access-date = 7 July 2014| url = http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/breaking-news/harris-wont-be-tried-over-teen-porn/story-fnjbnxok-1226978539484| archive-date = 14 July 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193056/http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/breaking-news/harris-wont-be-tried-over-teen-porn/story-fnjbnxok-1226978539484| url-status = dead}}</ref> The websites Harris had visited, according to the [[Internet Watch Foundation]], are not known for illegal images of children. The prosecution informed the court that they would not be proceeding with the indecent images charges.<ref name=Julian2014/>

===Trial===
The trial of Harris began on 6 May 2014 at Southwark Crown Court.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rolf Harris trial set to start on May 6|url=http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Bray-Holyport-Fifield/Rolf-Harris-trial-to-start-on-Tuesday-April-6-24042014.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425062059/http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Bray-Holyport-Fifield/Rolf-Harris-trial-to-start-on-Tuesday-April-6-24042014.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2014|access-date=25 April 2014|work=Maidenhead Advertiser|date=24 April 2014}}</ref> Seven of the twelve charges involved allegations of a sexual relationship between Harris and one of his daughter's friends. Six charges related to when she was between the ages of 13 and 15, and one when she was 19. Harris denied that he had entered into a sexual relationship with the girl until she was 18. During the trial, a letter Harris had written to the girl's father in 1997 after the end of the relationship was shown in court, saying: "I fondly imagined that everything that had taken place had progressed from a feeling of love and friendship—there was no rape, no physical forcing, brutality or beating that took place."<ref name="charges">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27907511|title=Rolf Harris: The charges against him|work=[[BBC News]] |date=30 June 2014|access-date=6 July 2014}}</ref>

Three charges related to the assault of a 15-year-old Australian girl visiting the UK in 1986.<ref name="charges"/> One charge was that he sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl who asked for his autograph at a community centre in Hampshire in 1968 or 1969. When questioned by police about this allegation, Harris replied "I would simply never touch a child inappropriately."<ref name="charges"/> Harris was also accused of groping the bottom of a 14-year-old girl at a celebrity ''[[It's a Knockout]]'' event in [[Cambridge]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/23/rolf-harris-trial-scene-alleged-assaults|title='No evidence' Rolf Harris was at scene of alleged assaults|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2014|access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> He denied that he had visited Cambridge until four years before the trial, but television archive material was produced in court showing that he had taken part in an episode of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] show ''Star Games'', which had been filmed in Cambridge in 1978. Harris denied that he had told a deliberate lie and said that his failure to remember the show was "a lapse of memory."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/02/rolf-harris-trial-game-show-footage-defence-cambridge|title=Rolf Harris trial: gameshow footage emerges undermining defence|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 June 2014|access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> Additional witnesses who claimed to have been assaulted in Malta, New Zealand, and Australia were called to testify against Harris, although these charges could not be pursued in the British courts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/rolf-harris-guilty-the-victims-of-the-12-counts-of-indecent-assault-20140701-zsrip.html|title=Rolf Harris guilty: The victims of the 12 counts of indecent assault|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=1 June 2014|access-date=7 July 2014}}</ref>

===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>

===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>

===One conviction overturned===
On 16 November 2017, Harris's conviction on the charge that he had indecently assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a community centre in Portsmouth in 1969 was overturned on the grounds that it was [[unsafe conviction|unsafe]]. The [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|Court of Appeal]] dismissed applications to challenge the other eleven convictions from the 2014 trial.<ref name=appeal>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42012064|title=Rolf Harris indecent assault conviction overturned|work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 November 2017|access-date=16 November 2017}}</ref>

===Documentary===
A documentary, ''Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight'', featuring interviews with Harris's victims, police investigators and colleagues premiered on [[ITVX]] on 18 May 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/18/rolf-harris-hiding-in-plain-sight-review-the-awful-truth-behind-the-abuse-that-shocked-a-nation|title=Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight review – the awful truth behind the abuse that shocked a nation| publisher=The Guardian. 18 May 2023 | accessdate=21 May 2023}}</ref> The two 60-minute episodes were made by [[Optomen]] and executive-produced by Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-commissions-rolf-harris-documentary-produced-optomen-television-itv-x|title=ITV commissions Rolf Harris documentary produced by Optomen Television for ITV X | publisher=ITV Press Centre. 4 August 2022 | accessdate=4 August 2022}}</ref>