Rolf tells of family’s shock

Trial appearance. Australian born veteran TV and music entertainer Rolf Harris arrives at court with his daughter Bindi. Picture: Matt Dunham Source: AP

BINDI Harris had become so incensed with allegations her father Rolf sexually abused a school friend of hers she was banging her head against a wall and later sought counselling, a London Court has heard.

Rolf Harris took to the witness stand for a third day to be cross examined over who knew what and when in relation to claims he indecently assaulted a 13-year-old friend of Bindi's during a holiday in 1978 as well as other women.

The 84-year-old agreed his daughter had become upset when she heard the claims in 1997, almost 20 years after the alleged incident, and was "beside herself" when she rang him on the telephone while he was in Australia to accuse him over the sexual child abuse claim.

"She was in such a state she was banging her head against a wall she was beside herself with shock," prosecutor Sasha Wass put to Harris to which he agreed she was bedside herself in shock.

He told the court he couldn't recall her head banging or receiving counselling but was aware she had smashed two paintings he had done for her.

Harris, has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of indecently assaulting four females over almost two decades, from 1968 to 1986.

Harris told Southwark Crown Court all the women, including the four alleged victims and up to a dozen other witnesses who have claimed they had been or witnessed indecent assaults, were lying.

But he told the court he couldn't say why they would do that.

Ms Wass yesterday set out five points of a "common theme" between all the alleged independent victims and witnesses as: Harris meeting them all in public; sexually assaulting them from a friendly gesture like a hug; each victim being unable to move or protest; other people present or close by and then he behaving after the assault as if nothing happened.

The prosecutor told the court what Harris found attractive about touching children was they would not judge him like adults.

Harris denied the claim and suggested there were holes in all of the women's stories with many of the alleged acts just "not physically possible". That included allegedly molesting a girl sitting on his lap at a pub bench which he said was physically not possible because the bench was tight to the wall, indecently assaulting a girl while signing her an autograph because he had no free hands, assaulting a girl after he had been on all fours and barking like a dog because he had never been to the venue and tongue kissing an 11-year-old girl with Harris claiming it was physically impossible to tongue kiss anyone who didn't want to partake in the act.

The case continues.

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