Rolf Harris
Australian entertainer
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| August 15 2024 | Alwen Hughes died at the age of 92. |
| May 23 2023 | Harris's death was publicly announced, allowing time for a 'dignified funeral'. |
| May 18 2023 | A documentary titled 'Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight' premiered on ITVX, featuring interviews with Harris's victims, police investigators, and colleagues. The documentary consisted of two 60-minute episodes produced by Optomen and executive-produced by Tina Flintoff and Nick Hornby. |
| May 10 2023 | Rolf Harris died at his home in Bray, Berkshire, at the age of 93, with neck cancer and 'frailty of old age' listed as causes of death. |
| October 2022 | Harris was reported to be suffering from neck cancer, unable to talk, and requiring 24-hour care with tube feeding. |
| November 16 2017 | Harris had his conviction for indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girl in 1969 overturned by the Court of Appeal. The court maintained the other eleven convictions from his 2014 trial. |
| May 30 2017 | The jury was unable to reach verdicts, and the prosecution announced they would not pursue another retrial. |
| May 19 2017 | Harris is released from HM Prison Stafford after serving three years of his sentence. |
| May 15 2017 | Harris's retrial began. |
| February 15 2017 | Prosecution announced Harris would face a retrial for three previous offences and one new charge, to which he pleaded not guilty. |
| February 8 2017 | Harris was acquitted of three charges, with Judge Alistair McCreath discharging the jury from deliberating on the remaining four counts. |
| January 11 2017 | Prosecution commenced its case, presenting allegations of unwanted groping, with Harris choosing not to give evidence. |
| January 9 2017 | Harris's trial began, with him appearing by videolink from Stafford Prison due to his age and poor health. |
| September 2016 | Harris was hospitalised with suspected sepsis while serving his prison sentence. |
| April 14 2016 | Harris pleaded not guilty to seven charges of indecent assault and one charge of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court. |
| March 17 2016 | Harris pleaded not guilty to all charges via videolink at Westminster Magistrates' Court and was directed to appear at Southwark Crown Court on 14 April. |
| February 12 2016 | The Crown Prosecution Service announced seven additional indecent assault charges against Rolf Harris, involving allegations from seven complainants aged between 12 and 27, with offences allegedly occurring between 1971 and 2004. |
| June 14 2015 | The Mail on Sunday publishes a letter allegedly written by Harris in prison, containing abusive lyrics towards his female accusers. |
| March 2015 | His British Empire honours (MBE, OBE, CBE) were revoked. |
| February 2015 | His Order of Australia appointments were rescinded. |
| October 2014 | Harris is refused permission to appeal his conviction. |
| August 1 2014 | Harris applies to appeal against his conviction by lodging papers at the Court of Appeal. |
| July 2014 | Sentenced to five years and nine months in prison after being convicted on twelve counts of indecent assault against four female victims from the 1960s to 1980s. |
| July 30 2014 | Attorney General Jeremy Wright decides not to refer Harris's sentence to the Court of Appeal for review. |
| July 30 2014 | The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) voted to remove Harris from the list of 'Australian National Living Treasures'. |
| July 4 2014 | Mr Justice Sweeney sentences Harris to five years and nine months in prison, criticizing his lack of remorse and noting his ruined reputation. |
| June 30 2014 | Harris found guilty of all 12 counts of indecent assault at Southwark Crown Court. |
| June 19 2014 | Jury retires to consider verdict in Rolf Harris's sexual offences trial after several delays. |
| May 6 2014 | Trial began at Southwark Crown Court, facing twelve charges including sexual offences against a friend of his daughter and multiple other victims. |
| January 14 2014 | At a hearing at Southwark Crown Court, Harris pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. |
| December 2013 | The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed three additional sexual assault charges against Harris, involving alleged assaults on females aged nineteen in 1984, aged seven or eight in 1968 or 1969, and aged fourteen in 1975. |
| September 23 2013 | Harris appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four counts of making indecent images of children. His lawyer indicated he would plead not guilty, and he was bailed. |
| August 2013 | Harris was arrested by Operation Yewtree officers and charged with nine counts of indecent assault from the 1980s, involving two girls between 14 and 16 years old, and four counts of producing indecent child images in 2012. |
| May 2013 | Harris returned to the stage for the first time since his arrest, thanking the audience for their support. |
| March 2013 | Rolf Harris was arrested in England during Operation Yewtree for questioning about historical sexual offence allegations, which he denied. He was initially bailed without charge. |
| 2012 | Advanced to Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen's Birthday Honours and made a Fellow of BAFTA. |
| 2012 | Rolf Harris appeared as a Busker in the film 'Run for Your Wife' |
| June 4 2012 | Performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace. |
| 2011 | Rolf Harris played Captain Straw in the TV series 'The Fruit Cases' |
| 2011 | Awarded the title of 'Best Selling Published Artist' by the Fine Art Trade Guild. |
| 2011 | Rolf Harris narrated the TV series 'Olive the Ostrich' |
| 2010 | Received an honorary doctorate from Liverpool Hope University. |
| June 25 2010 | Performed on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival during the festival's 40th birthday. |
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