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| Rolf Harris has been jailed for a total of five years and nine months for 12 indecent assaults against four girls - including one aged just seven or eight. | |
| Harris, 84, who was found guilty of offences that took place between 1968 and 1986, was told by the judge he had "no-one to blame but himself". | |
| Mr Justice Sweeney said Harris had taken advantage of the trust placed in him because of his celebrity status. | |
| He said the TV entertainer's reputation now "lies in ruins". | |
| He added that Harris had shown "no remorse" for his crimes | |
| The judge said the age gap between Harris and each of his victims had been "a very considerable one" and that he "clearly got a thrill from committing some of these offences". | |
| Harris was found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls - one who was just seven or eight and was groped when she asked for his autograph, and two who were young teenagers. | |
| The other victim was a childhood friend of his daughter Bindi, whom he abused several times from the age of 13. | |
| The judge said the assaults resulted in her suffering panic attacks, anxiety and led to her becoming an alcoholic, saying she had "suffered severe psychological harm". | |
| Speaking after sentencing, she said the jail term as "immaterial". | |
| "I feel fine, I think the guilty verdict was actually what I wanted, what I went to court for," she said. | |
| The sentences broken down are: | |
| Some of the sentences will be served at the same time, making a total of five years and nine months. | |
| Harris is likely to serve half the sentence in prison and was told he will not have to pay compensation to his victims. However, the judge said he could have to pay the costs of the prosecution. | |
| 'Impassive' | |
| Two of Harris's victims were in court for the sentencing, which saw members of the press and public fill the public gallery and watch from an overspill court via a video feed. | |
| BBC correspondent David Sillito, who was in court, said Harris had displayed no emotion as he was sentenced. | |
| "It was as he has been for the last eight weeks - impassive, staring ahead," he said. | |
| Earlier, the court heard statements from the four victims, including from the childhood friend of Harris's daughter. | |
| Reading out the statement, prosecutor Esther Schutzer-Weissman said the abuse had "haunted" the victim and left her feeling "dirty, grubby and disgusting". | |
| The statement from the victim who had been seven or eight said the abuse had taken away her "childhood innocence". | |
| Harris indecently assaulted a waitress at a charity event in Cambridge when she was aged 13 or 14, who said the star had "treated me like a toy". |