Rolf Harris found guilty of indecent assaults

[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28094561

Harris guilty of indecent assaults
Breaking news

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls.

The 84-year-old was convicted of 12 attacks between 1968 and 1986.

Hard to believe really, isn't it? The guy has always had such a wholesome reputation for decades and now this.

Rolf Harris being convicted of this to me is as shocking as it would be if the Chuckle Brothers were sent down for murder.

Thoughts?

[dbgtz]

I don't understand how an assault from so long ago can even have sufficient proof. I can't help but remain sceptical of the verdict for this and other reasons.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I don't understand how an assault from so long ago can even have sufficient proof. I can't help but remain sceptical of the trial outcome for this and other reasons.

I am the same with all these sexual assaults, there's always doubt in my mind.

[Inseriousity.]

I always have to remember that newspapers can only give you a snippet of information. A jury of peers listened to all the evidence - something we do not have access to - and found him guilty. To then say 'they're wrong' when we haven't had access to that evidence seems a bit silly to me.

[Danny]

I can't believe it, I use to really like watching Animal Hospital with him .

[-:Undertaker:-]

I always have to remember that newspapers can only give you a snippet of information. A jury of peers listened to all the evidence - something we do not have access to - and found him guilty. To then say 'they're wrong' when we haven't had access to that evidence seems a bit silly to me.

I'm not saying they're wrong, just with any crimes like this decades after: there's always doubt.

I accept the verdict from the jury, as much as I do not want it to be true.

Y'know, I can sort of understand how it was back then with 15 year olds and the entertainers (even if it is vile)... but a seven year old? Horrific.

I can't believe it, I use to really like watching Animal Hospital with him .

Exactly, nobody wants it to be true because it is just so opposite of the image everybody has of him.

Reading the comments on the Daily Mail, and it's the same with everybody. Generations grew up with him and it has all just been a facade.

[Red]

Can't get over this!! So disgusting.
How many more of these celebs dark pasts gonna come out. Makes you wonder how it was hidden for so long.

[FlyingJesus]

Probably the scariest thing about it all is that his Animal Hospital persona and all the art shows he did might not have been an "act" at all - it's quite possible even probable that he was/is in most ways a charming inoffensive chap but then has this one vile weakness that he wasn't able to hold back on. Such awful news

[Sian]

my childhood is ruined.

So shocked when i read this.

[dbgtz]

I always have to remember that newspapers can only give you a snippet of information. A jury of peers listened to all the evidence - something we do not have access to - and found him guilty. To then say 'they're wrong' when we haven't had access to that evidence seems a bit silly to me.

I understand this. I pretty much agree with Undertakers response but I believe there's a bit of a "paedo scare" at the moment and I think some people may just ignore the facts in favour of feeling and emotion. Also somewhat related is the face some people seem to be crying wolf a lot since Saville, but that could be down to other things related to what the media reports/ my attention to news.