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| Detectives from Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree have flown to Australia as part of their investigation into Rolf Harris. | Detectives from Scotland Yard's Operation Yewtree have flown to Australia as part of their investigation into Rolf Harris. |
| Two detectives visited a woman in New South Wales as part of an inquiry into the entertainer, who was arrested in March on suspicion of sexual offences. | Two detectives visited a woman in New South Wales as part of an inquiry into the entertainer, who was arrested in March on suspicion of sexual offences. |
| Scotland Yard confirmed that its officers had flown to Harris's homeland but declined to comment further. "We are not giving a running commentary on this investigation," a spokeswoman said. | Scotland Yard confirmed that its officers had flown to Harris's homeland but declined to comment further. "We are not giving a running commentary on this investigation," a spokeswoman said. |
| Specific details of the visit are not known – the police refused to confirm or deny conflicting media reports on when the detectives went to Australia – but Mark Williams-Thomas, the former police officer behind ITV's Exposure film on the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, said Operation Yewtree was conducting a number of inquiries into Harris. | Specific details of the visit are not known – the police refused to confirm or deny conflicting media reports on when the detectives went to Australia – but Mark Williams-Thomas, the former police officer behind ITV's Exposure film on the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, said Operation Yewtree was conducting a number of inquiries into Harris. |
| The TV comic, singer and artist has not commented on the allegations since he was publicly identified earlier this month as having being arrested in March. | The TV comic, singer and artist has not commented on the allegations since he was publicly identified earlier this month as having being arrested in March. |
| Harris was interviewed under caution in November last year, but his identity was not publicly revealed until the Sun and other publishers named him on 19 April. He has been bailed until a date in May. | Harris was interviewed under caution in November last year, but his identity was not publicly revealed until the Sun and other publishers named him on 19 April. He has been bailed until a date in May. |
| He is the 11th person held under Operation Yewtree, alongside other stars including the comic Jim Davidson, the DJ Dave Lee Travis and singer Gary Glitter. Another of the suspects, celebrity publicist Max Clifford, was charged last week with 11 indecent assaults allegedly committed between 1966 and 1985. | He is the 11th person held under Operation Yewtree, alongside other stars including the comic Jim Davidson, the DJ Dave Lee Travis and singer Gary Glitter. Another of the suspects, celebrity publicist Max Clifford, was charged last week with 11 indecent assaults allegedly committed between 1966 and 1985. |
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