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| Rolf Harris trial: Jury starts deliberations | Rolf Harris trial: Jury starts deliberations |
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| The jury in the case of TV entertainer Rolf Harris, who is accused of a string of indecent assaults, has retired to consider its verdicts. | The jury in the case of TV entertainer Rolf Harris, who is accused of a string of indecent assaults, has retired to consider its verdicts. |
| The attacks were alleged to have taken place against girls and young women aged seven to 19, including a childhood friend of Mr Harris's daughter, Bindi. | The attacks were alleged to have taken place against girls and young women aged seven to 19, including a childhood friend of Mr Harris's daughter, Bindi. |
| The 84-year-old, of Bray, Berkshire, denies 12 counts of indecent assault at Southwark Crown Court. | The 84-year-old, of Bray, Berkshire, denies 12 counts of indecent assault at Southwark Crown Court. |
| Some of the allegations against him date back as far as the 1960s. | Some of the allegations against him date back as far as the 1960s. |
| During his trial prosecutors claimed the entertainer was a "Jekyll and Hyde" character, who had a dark side to his personality and used his fame to abuse underage girls with impunity. | |
| But his defence team told the jury that Harris's reputation had been "trashed" by a prosecution that did not reach the standard of criminal proof. | |
| Summing up the case Mr Justice Sweeney warned the jury - made up of six men and six women - against being swayed by emotion. | |
| He said: "Neither media nor internet nor speculation nor emotion of any type can have any part whatsoever to play in your deliberations." |