29/08/2013

Rolf Harris To Face 13 Charges Over Child Sexual Abuse

Rolf Harris will appear in Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 23 to face nine charges of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of children, police have announced.

Six of the charges relate to the indecent assault of a fifteen-year-old girl in 1980 and three to a fourteen-year-old girl in 1986.

It is understood that the indecent images of children were allegedly made last year.

Officers investigation historical allegations of child sexual abuse arrested the 83-year-old TV presenter in March.

(MH)

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