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 Rolf Harris has Gone. - Terry
Rolf Harris was convicted in 2014 of offences committed between 1968 and 1986 - between 28 and 46 years before his trial.

I am not suggesting he was innocent (I really don't know) but the evidence upon which conviction was based is scrappy and anecdotal at best.

Just imagine if as a motorist the time limit for an NIP was (say) 3 years rather than 2 weeks, and you received such for an offence apparently committed in October 2020 - over two years ago. The outcry would be immense.

I accept if children are abused they may lack the confidence to confide in an appropriate adult - but in the Harris case the witnesses would have been adults in their 30s to 50s. They should have come forward much earlier.

IMHO it is intolerable that trial from possibly poorly evidenced crimes 3 or 4 decades earlier are allowed to proceed. Most other countries have a time limit on prosecutions - in the case of child abuse there is some logic to extending this until the child has reached the age of (say) 18.
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 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 23 May 23 13:05
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new BiggerBadderDave 23 May 23 13:14
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new tyrednemotional 23 May 23 13:19
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new henry k 23 May 23 13:26
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new VxFan 23 May 23 13:28
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Zero 23 May 23 13:51
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new smokie 23 May 23 15:02
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Zero 23 May 23 16:03
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Terry 23 May 23 18:52
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 23 May 23 19:58
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new smokie 23 May 23 20:12
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 23 May 23 20:42
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Zero 23 May 23 21:11
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 23 May 23 22:53
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new smokie 24 May 23 01:00
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Manatee 24 May 23 08:16
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 24 May 23 08:42
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 24 May 23 12:55
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new bathtub tom 23 May 23 22:40
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Duncan 24 May 23 08:02
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new VxFan 24 May 23 10:31
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 24 May 23 10:41
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new smokie 24 May 23 11:22
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new James Loveless 24 May 23 16:00
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 24 May 23 16:14
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new smokie 24 May 23 17:40
 Rolf Harris has Gone.  new Bromptonaut 24 May 23 17:46
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