So... Rolf Harris Found Guilty Eh? You Reckon They'll Actually Put Him in Jail?

Bastet · #22 ● 07-06-2014, 06:23 AM

I don't know if I can ever watch any episode of the 'Animal Hospital' (the British TV series he used to host.). But yeah, based on my own personal experiences, the most kind-looking and kind-acting ones can turn out to be sexual predators

Clubhouse · #23 ● 07-07-2014, 08:54 AM

Paedophile Rolf Harris will be moved to cushy 'Savoy of Slammers' prison within weeks.

The paedophile entertainer is currently at London's tough Wandsworth jail but will be moved to Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire after a month.

Pervert Rolf Harris will be transferred to one of Britain’s cushiest prisons after serving just four weeks behind bars.

The paedophile, 84, was jailed for five years, nine months on Friday.

But he will spend just a month in tough Wandsworth jail, South West London, before his transfer to Leyhill Prison, which has been dubbed the Savoy of Slammers.

There the disgraced entertainer will never be locked in his room and will be free to enjoy walks in the gardens or even art courses.

His age means he will get an £8-a-week pension and a free TV.

Campaigners against sex abuse blasted the switch as a further insult to the victims, who already felt his sentence should be longer.

Peter Saunders, of the National Association of People Abused in Childhood, said: “It’s another slap in the face for victims.

“The lenient approach sends a message to other people that they might not have to suffer serious consequences for abusing children.

"If Harris had robbed a few banks he wouldn’t be going to an open prison, when in fact he robbed something far more important.”

An NSPCC spokesman added: “It gives the wrong message, particularly to Harris’s victims, if there is a perception that he will be serving his sentence in an easy way.”

Harris was convicted of sexually abusing a string of girls.

But in the past three days at least a dozen women have come forward in Australia and New Zealand to claim he molested them in the 1970s and 80s. At least one plans to make a police complaint.

It was also alleged yesterday that Harris groped singer Linda Nolan and TV host Vanessa Feltz.

Miss Feltz, 52, said he put his hand inside her knickers as millions of viewers watched her interview him live on The Big Breakfast.

She said it happened during the On The Bed section of the Channel 4 show in May 1996 - and while his wife Alwen was in the room.

Miss Nolan, 55, claimed she was just 15 and on tour with her sisters in South Africa when Harris groped her breasts in a corridor backstage. Both have waived their legal right to anonymity.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve is reviewing Harris’s sentence to consider if it is “unduly lenient”.

Harris, of Bray, Berks, is currently in Wandsworth prison. But the rest of his sentence at minimum-*security Leyhill, Glos, will seem like a holiday park in comparison.

It has a special unit for elderly inmates and 33% are 50–plus, compared to 12% nationally.

The jail was opened in 2010 and is set in 135-acre grounds complete with a botanical garden, aviary and sports pitches. Prisoners are offered guided walks and classes in creative writing, gardening and art.

It costs taxpayers £32,907 a year to house each of the 527 inmates, who are even fed organic food.

Since his conviction, Harris’ old school in Perth has taken down portraits of him and city officials are considering removing a plaque about him on a walking tour.

He is also being painted out of a huge mural in Melbourne which depicts Australian entertainers.

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hal0mega · #24 ● 07-08-2014, 08:07 AM

and he called his daughter bindi?

the hawk · #25 ● 07-09-2014, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Clubhouse ↗

Paedophile Rolf Harris will be moved to cushy 'Savoy of Slammers' prison within weeks.

The paedophile entertainer is currently at London's tough Wandsworth jail but will be moved to Leyhill open prison in Gloucestershire after a month.

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That's only 30 miles from me. It was pretty obvious he would be moved there tbh. The old cunt can barely stand up and is pretty much nearly dead already.

MadCore · #26 ● 07-15-2014, 05:53 PM

I am in no way defending his actions, I am just curious, but how do they get the evidence to prosecute him? It has been decades from the crimes, and it seems rather impossible to prosecute someone from a crime committed a year ago, for example.