Rolf Harris is trying to get his convictions quashed.
Rolf Harris could have all 12 of his sex convictions quashed after the father of his youngest victim claimed the assault could not have taken place.
The disgraced entertainer, 87 launched a bid at London’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday as he claims fresh evidence proves he did not have the right to a fair trial.
Given the historic nature of the allegations made against him, allegations that are impossible to prove or disprove, the convictions were unsafe. So getting them quashed might just put an end to the police going after entertainers for something that may or may not have happened decades ago that are impossible for the accused to defend.
Sits back and orders popcorn.
“getting them quashed might just put an end to the police going after entertainers for something that may or may not have happened decades ago that are impossible for the accused to defend.”
Tell it like it is – easy targets with a cash outcome.
Or they might just concentrate instead on dead celebrities instead. Curiously they have a better success rate against people who are in no position to defend themselves.
(And in the case of Savile “lose” his appointment diaries. Anyone think they would have gone missing if they had tended to confirm accusations?)
Rofl H’s conviction was a travesty of justice.
Evidence//testimony of alleged victims was full of gaping holes which Judge should have struck out. However, Judge urged jury to ignore these and assume inadvertant mistakes.
Judge, prosecution & jury were reminisent of C16-C18 witch hunts.
The Leader of the coven: BBC.This.Week.171102.Anti-Semitic.Harman.Stopped.By.Neil
If I had been on that jury I would have voted to acquit and urged the others to do likewise as the burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt had clearly not been met – it couldn’t due to the nature of the allegations.
I hope Rolf’s convictions are quashed. There’s a rancid stench of corruption around these allegations of historical sex ‘crime’. A sense that it’s all about asset stripping ex-celebrities and not about justice at all.
The burden of proof has been ridiculously low in these cases. A tear stained ‘denouncement’ seems to be all that it takes. It’s positively Soviet. You couldn’t make a fixed penalty ticket stick on such ‘evidence’.