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Rolf Harris loses first conviction appeal bid | |
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Rolf Harris has lost the first round of a legal challenge against his conviction for indecent assaults. | Rolf Harris has lost the first round of a legal challenge against his conviction for indecent assaults. |
The disgraced entertainer was jailed in July for nearly six years for 12 indecent assaults on four girls, including one aged just seven or eight. | The disgraced entertainer was jailed in July for nearly six years for 12 indecent assaults on four girls, including one aged just seven or eight. |
The Judicial Office confirmed a judge had refused his application for permission to appeal, lodged in August. | |
But the 84-year-old can still renew the application before three judges at the Court of Appeal. | But the 84-year-old can still renew the application before three judges at the Court of Appeal. |
The artist, TV presenter and musician was convicted at London's Southwark Crown Court in June. | |
'No remorse' | |
He was jailed for five years and nine months for the offences, which took place between 1968 and 1986. | |
Attorney General Jeremy Wright decided in July not to refer Harris's sentence to the Court of Appeal despite 150 complaints over its "leniency". | |
He said he did not think judges would find it to be unduly lenient and increase it. | |
Harris's victims included a young autograph hunter, two girls in their early teens and a friend of his daughter's against whom he committed a catalogue of abuse over several years. | |
One victim said the abuse had taken away her "childhood innocence". | One victim said the abuse had taken away her "childhood innocence". |
Mr Justice Sweeney said upon sentencing that Harris took advantage of his celebrity status and had shown "no remorse". | |
Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Police said they had received "a number of allegations" about Harris since his conviction, which are being investigated. |
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