Rolf Harris Guilty Of 12 Counts Of Indecent Assault

[Elaine]

It's terribly sad, for those concerned. But there were many signs that seemed to be based on seemingly innocent insider-jokes, like Jake the Peg with his 'extra leg'; little boys with little toys etc etc.


Please read this articles about Monsters, and their "third leg" see link below):

https://theconversation.com/dreamings-and-place-aboriginal-monsters-and-their-meanings-25606


It's a great irony that Harris launched his defence with a performance of Jake the Peg...

 

[wooty]

At least two people I used to like (Stuart Hall was the other one) are being thrown through the grinder. Its just a shame that Scumbag Saville and that fat bastard Cyril Smith have effectively got away with it, being dead and all.

Although, does this mean that KFC now have to change their logo to avoid any unfortunate negative press connections to this case......?

 

[Briantb]

Not sure how he ended up being guilty. Can't see why seemingly baseless claims are actually holding any weight. Especially when several of the cases were supposedly in public in front of dozens of people and yet no witnesses came forward.

His daughter corroborated some aspects of the evidence, there was also a contemporary written diary by one of the victims. Harris lied in when giving evidence by saying he hadn't been to Cambridge when there the TV of recording of him being in Cambridge at the time. In short the jury did not believe a word Harris said in his defence and even his own daughter thinks he did it.

Still seems like a lot of the evidence is shaky or hear say at the least.

Thats your opinion but your, or my opinion, does not matter, the only ones that count is the opinions of the jurors. They are the ones who sat in court all day and heard the all the witness testimony. Its their task to weigh all the evidence not just the edited highlights that appears in on tv and newspapers.

True enough, but you do have to wonder were they not influenced by the t.v. and news papers. Seems like every few months a new story comes out about the church or some important individuals who may of or may of not had inappropriate relationships with children.

 

[C.S.Strowbridge]

In short the jury did not believe a word Harris said in his defence and even his own daughter thinks he did it.

I thought we lived in a world where you're innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.

... Being found guilty by a jury of your peers is being proven guilty.

 

[J Tyran]

Well after I got accused of tinfoil hattery after pointing a finger at the government,

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Sorry but this is a joke, the core of the paedophile ring at the core of British entertainment and politics is still going unpunished. Operation Yewtree has thrown a few of the disgusting bastards like Rolf Harris to the wolves and thats it, its right he finally faces punishment and I am glad he has but its not enough.

What about the dozens or even hundreds of people that must have either ignored or actively allowed Jimmy Saville to do what he did? He had complicity with the government and authorities on so many levels, a government which at the time had a cabinet minister which to this day continually faces accusations about paedophile activities.

Except I cannot post his name as the government and courts slapped an anonymity order on the issue and they are have even tried to sue people for using his name on social media, we know peados work in groups and rings and we know Jimmy Saville had to have had help from the government and authorities to get into those institutions like the NHS, Her Majesty's Prison system and the secure education facilities.

Then you have all the people within those institutions that either turned their backs and ignored what was going on (yeah, young girls where lead one by one for an "interview" in his caravan and any girl that got upset was punished till she shut up) and those that helped him, the authorities have made a show trial of a few of the ones that they couldn't tie to the wider ring with a hoorah about "look we did something" while ignoring the cancer at the core of the old British establishment.

Even other cabinet members are claiming there was a cover up, senior cabinet members and Whitehall staff are being implicated. Not only that all the files gathered in an internal Home Office (hey the office that would have had to give Jimmy Saville his access to the prison system funnily enough) review of sexual abuse accusations aimed at authority figures like MPs and civil servants, hundreds of them have been accidentally "misplaced".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28182373