Rolf Harris, former family entertainer and convicted sex offender, dies

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Disgraced former entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93.

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Harris was found guilty of a string of indecent assaults between 1968 and 1986 following a trial in 2014 - and was jailed for five years and nine months.

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He was released from prison in 2017 - but never apologised to his victims. Before his crimes came to light, Harris had been a fixture of family entertainment in Britain.

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According to his death certificate, which was registered on Tuesday, he died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on 10 May.

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A statement released by his family said: "This is to confirm that Rolf Harris recently died peacefully surrounded by family and friends and has now been laid to rest.

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Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, Harris was initially found guilty of 12 attacks on four girls, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, Harris was initially found guilty of 12 attacks on four girls, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.

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But Court of Appeal judges dismissed his application to challenge the other 11 convictions. The victims included two girls in their early teens and a friend of his daughter.

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