Rolf Harris ‘told deliberate lies’

Footage ... a member of the public contacted police to say they recalled a celebrity TV sports games in Cambridge starring Rolf Harris. Source: AP

ROLF Harris has been accused of telling "deliberate lies" after old film footage was found that placed him in the area where he said he had never been nor sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl.

The 84-year-old entertainer had told Southwark Crown Court last week that he had never been to Cambridge before four years ago and had never taken part in a celebrity sport game show in the UK now or in the 1970s.

But after he made that statement last week a member of the public contacted police to say they recalled a celebrity TV sports games in that city in 1978 that starred Harris.

Prosecutors then found the Thames Television network footage of the show.

A woman had alleged she was a 13 or 14-year-old waitress at a celebrity sports event in Cambridge when she saw Harris on all fours playing with a small dog but when he saw her he jumped up and allegedly groped her, rubbing his hands over her bottom several times.

Harris said he couldn't have assaulted anyone since he had never been to the city nor starred in such a show.

Denial ... Rolf Harris arrives at Southwark Crown Court with his daughter Bindi Harris and wife Alwen Hughes. Source: Getty Images

But he had apparently been in the city in a show which starred numerous British celebrities including Davy Jones from the Monkees and actor Rula Lenska, as well as other stars of cabaret, sport, film and music.

Prosecutor Sasha Wass QC, questioning Harris on his fourth day in the witness box, told the court Harris was categoric in his memory last week because he had been "tailoring" his answers to match evidence that was at hand but hadn't counted on the discovery of the film footage.

Harris agreed that on the show he was not only a participant but a team captain but he told the court no-one knew where they were.

"I was in Cambridge but I didn't know it was Cambridge," he now told the court.

He added: "I don't think any of us knew, none of the performers stars, knew … we didn't know we were in Cambridge.

"I think we all went on a bus, were deposited in this green with changing rooms."

Accusations ... prosecutor Sasha Wass QC, questioning Harris on his fourth day in the witness box, told the court Harris had been "tailoring" his answers. Source: Getty Images

He added: "I don't think you know the showbiz scene at all" before going into a long answer about how as a star he would just sign on a dotted line and his agent would take care of where and when he would have to appear publicly.

He admitted he had a very good memory "for certain things" but not for others.

"I'm going to suggest to you that you are lying," Ms Wass said.

"Is that a question?" Harris responded before denying he had been deliberately trying to mislead the jury.

Mr Harris also said he had "no recollection of the man" Tony Porter who starred alongside him in an ABC show called "Rolf". The Australian actor Porter earlier alleged in court he saw Harris grab the breasts of a makeup artist in the 1980s that was "excessive even by the standards of the era".

Harris maintained he had never heard of Porter but then Ms Wass showed the jury footage of the pair sharing the screen in one of many comedy sketches from the program.

Harris agreed he was there with Porter but said he had no idea why the man would lie about the make up artist.

He said he didn't know why any of the women who are alleging sexual assault by him would lie.

Harris' daughter Bindi Nicholls also took the stand for the first time. She spoke about her early life including growing up with a girl who would later alleged Harris abused her for 10 years from the age of 13.

When asked if her father had ever held out a towel for her friend during a 1978 beach holiday in Hawaii - a moment which the victim described as when she was allegedly indecently assaulted by Harris as a 13 year old - Ms Nicholls said she doubted it since her father hated beaches and her then teenager friend was a typical teenager who would wouldn't allow anyone to hold a towel like that for her.

"That would be weird ... strange, really odd, no I can't see that happening at all," she said.

He has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of indecent assault.

The case continues.

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