>> Not if he believes he is innocent.
The report linked above, Daily Mail plagiarising from Sun, says he's appealing sentence rather than conviction. The evidence, quoted more graphically by the judge in summing up than press were willing to do when reporting, was surely too strong or his conviction to be in doubt.
I linked to it at time and somebody here though it almost pornographic.
Not sure about Harris but some of these historical cases have resulted in lighter sentences due penalties being those at time of offence. Max Clifford was the grossest example - the judge felt obliged to gave him consecutive sentences instead of the more usual concurrent.
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