Rolf Harris: fresh evidence handed to prosecutors by Operation Yewtree

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A “full file” of evidence against disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has been presented to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), sources said on Friday night.

Harris, who was last year found guilty of multiple sex attacks on young girls, was interviewed under caution by police as part of Operation Yewtree in February.

A CPS spokesman said: “The CPS has received a full file of evidence following the interview under caution of an 85-year-old man on 3 and 4 February at a police station in Stafford in relation to Operation Yewtree. A decision will be made in due course.”

The CPS declined to name the man, although it is understood to be Harris.

Harris was sentenced to a six-year jail term when he was found guilty of 12 indecent assaults at London’s Southwark crown court last July.

Passing sentence, the judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, said Harris had shown no remorse for his crimes. He said: “Your reputation lies in ruins, you have been stripped of your honours, but you have no one to blame but yourself.”

Harris was unanimously found guilty of molesting four girls, one as young as seven.

The veteran presenter, who entertained television audiences for decades, was also convicted of a catalogue of abuse against another young victim, who prosecutors said Harris groomed from the age of 13.

The accusations dated from between 1968 and 1986, and the girls were targeted between the ages of seven or eight and 19.

Harris had his CBE annulled at the order of the Queen after his conviction.