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Harris' brother denies witness pressure
Rolf Harris's older brother and manager Bruce says he "wasn't trying to get her to change her story" when he rang a witness in his brother's sex trial.
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No charges over rugby rape claim
No charges will be laid against a group of rugby players accused of raping a young woman while they were in Wanganui for a match last year.
!['He greets people with hugs, that's Rolf'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
'He greets people with hugs, that's Rolf'
To his alleged victims, Rolf Harris is a dirty old man and serial abuser. But to those standing by the embattled entertainer he's warm, friendly and a 'great hugger'.
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Video catches Harris in 'memory lapse'
Rolf Harris has been accused of deliberately lying to the jury in his child sex trial after video emerged of him at a celebrity sporting event in Cambridge in 1978.
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Police failure lets down victims
Police are being independently investigated after detectives botched a rape trial late last year.
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Evidence to drag into second week
Rolf Harris will continue to give evidence from the witness box next week after his child sex abuse trial was delayed by legal argument.
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Daughter 'beside herself with shock'
Rolf Harris appeared tetchy at times during his third day in the witness box which started with him acknowledging his daughter was "beside herself" over an abuse claim.
![Harris: I'm a 'touchy feely' person](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Harris: I'm a 'touchy feely' person
Rolf Harris has told a London court he was flattered and his heart started "thumping like mad" when an 18-year-old friend of his daughter came on to him in the 1980s.
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Friends fear for Roast Busters girl
A girl at the centre of the Roast Busters scandal has had a "terrible" time since she went to the police and those close to her are worried she will give up her fight for justice.
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Roastbusters police report released
A report looking at whether police gave the wrong information to the public over the Roastbusters case has found a systemic breakdown in communication.
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Boy sought over five sex assaults
A boy aged just 12 to 16 is being sought over indecent assaults on five women in the Papakura area of Auckland since December.
![Kiwi gives evidence at Rolf Harris' trial](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Kiwi gives evidence at Rolf Harris' trial
A New Zealander has told a British court Rolf Harris was a 'disgusting, vile' man who assaulted her when she was a teenager in 1970.
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Watchdog's Roast Busters report imminent
The Independent Police Conduct Authority is set to release its report into the botched police handling of the publicity around the Roast Busters rape investigation within the next week.
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Harris 'barked like dog before groping'
Rolf Harris groped a teenage girl at an Its a Celebrity Knockout event after she came across him crouched on all fours barking at a dog, a court heard yesterday.
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Star status hid dark side
Entertainer Rolf Harris used his untouchable reputation to conceal a string of shocking assaults on children and young women, it was claimed at his trial.
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'Where he should be'
A teacher charged with sex crimes against teenage girls has been jailed for more than nine years - and his former boss says prison is "where he deserves to be".
![Harris used fame to abuse, court hears](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
Harris used fame to abuse, court hears
Rolf Harris used his fame as a children's entertainer to approach young girls and then abuse them over a number of decades, a London court has been told.
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Teacher charged with sex crimes jailed
An Auckland teacher charged with sex crimes against teenage girls has been jailed. Damian Christopher Gillard was sentenced to nine years and five months prison today.
!['If I had to do it again, I'd kill more'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=796)
'If I had to do it again, I'd kill more'
A white supremacist couple who carried out a plan to kill a registered sex offender and his wife kissed, smiled and shouted during their sentencing in court.
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Gang rape victim to be caned in public
An Indonesian woman who was brutally gang-raped as a punishment for having an affair with a married man could be caned in public for breaking religious laws.
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NZ link to Rolf Harris' sex assault trial
Evidence in Rolf Harris' indecent assault trial will include 'events in Australia and New Zealand' the judge at his London trial has warned.
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Letter made victim feel 'worthless'
The chairman of a school board has accused victims of historic sex crimes of exploiting their abuse as an 'excuse' for difficulties in later life.
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Rape crisis centres to get $10m boost
Rape crisis centres will get a boost in funding in next month's Budget, Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has announced.
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ACC to cover rape therapy costs in full
ACC will pay for every cent of rape victims' counselling as part of a major overhaul of its sensitive claims system later this year.