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Emwazi Recording: I'm Not An Extremist

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 03 Maret 2015 | 23.17

A recording has emerged of Mohammed Emwazi denying plans to become an extremist in 2009, and condemning the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks.

In the clip, released by the CAGE advocacy group, the 26-year-old describes being interviewed by British security officials - and complains about being threatened by MI5.

According to Emwazi, he was asked for his views on the terrorist attacks in London and New York, to which he replied: "Innocent people are getting killed. What happened was wrong. If I had the opportunity to make those lives come back, I would."

The Londoner told CAGE that despite his condemnation of al Qaeda, his interrogators were still convinced that he was planning to train as a terrorist in Somalia - and had vowed to "keep a close eye" on him.

Emwazi told the officials: "After what I told you what's happening is extremism, you're still saying I'm an extremist?"

The University of Westminster graduate was identified as "Jihadi John" last week, and is believed to be the Islamic State fighter who has appeared in videos which depict the beheading of Western aid workers and journalists.

In emails to a journalist in 2010, Emwazi claimed he was a "dead man walking", and revealed he had contemplated suicide because of the treatment he had received at the hands of MI5.

Asim Qureshi, a research director for CAGE, said last week that the militant was "the most humble young person that I ever knew".

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  1. Gallery: Jihadi John's email exhanges with Cage and a reporter

    This email Mohammed Emwazi sent to a Mail On Sunday reporter in 2010 revealed his first encounter and his fear of MI5

He later made contact with the campaign group Cage and told them about clashes with border control officers

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Maternity Unit Deaths 'Were Preventable'

By Becky Johnson, North Of England Correspondent

Major failure at almost every level led to avoidable deaths of babies and a mother at Furness General Hospital, a report has found.

The independent review found the maternity service was seriously dysfunctional and different clinical care would have prevented the deaths of 11 newborn babies and a mother.

Failures of knowledge, teamwork and approach to risk were all blamed and a failure to investigate problems meant the same mistakes were repeated, it said.

The report also found patients and relatives who expressed concerns were lied to and reactions of maternity staff "were shaped by denial".

The investigation, ordered by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, has looked into the circumstances surrounding deaths at Furness General Hospital between 2004 and 2013.

Report author Dr Bill Kirkup said: "Our findings are stark and catalogue a series of failures at almost every level."

He went on: "The nature of these problems is serious and shocking and it is important for the lessons of these events to be learnt and acted upon not only to improve the safety of maternity services but also to reduce the risk elsewhere in NHS systems."

He concluded that the hospital should formally admit the extent of the problems and apologise to patients and relatives affected for the avoidable damage caused and the length of time taken to bring mistakes to light.

He has also said there should be a review of all the skills, knowledge and competency of all obstetric, paediatric, midwifery and neonatal staff by June this year.

Better working relationships needed to be established within the hospital where midwives are described as having a "them and us" mentality, he said.

The report found that, over a nine-year period, seven opportunities were missed to rectify mistakes, including one as early as 2004.

It paid tribute to families of victims "who refused to accept what they were being told" in order to bring failures to light.

Two health watchdogs, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Health Service Ombudsman, were heavily criticised for failing to respond effectively to complaints.

In total, 44 recommendations have been made to improve care both at the NHS Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust and within the wider NHS.

In a statement, the Trust said it had apologised unreservedly to those involved.

Trust chairman Pearse Butler said: "This Trust made some very serious mistakes in the way it cared for mothers and their babies.

"More than that, the same mistakes were repeated. And after making those mistakes, there was a lack of openness from the Trust in acknowledging to families what had happened. This report vindicates these families.

"For these reasons, on behalf of the Trust, I apologise unreservedly to the families concerned. I'm deeply sorry that so many people have suffered as a result of these mistakes.

"As the Chair of the Trust Board, it's my duty to ensure that lessons are learned and that we do everything we possibly can to make sure nothing like this happens again."


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Ex-Stepson 'Ordered Mother-Of-Five's Murder'

By Enda Brady, Sky News Correspondent

A mother-of-five was murdered while tending her horses because her former stepson feared she was about to go to the police with an allegation against him, a court was told.

Pennie Davis, 47, was found stabbed to death in a field near Beaulieu in the New Forest on 2 September last year.

The Sainsbury's worker had only got married a few months previously, the jury at Winchester Crown Court heard.

Her former stepson Ben Carr, 22, Samantha Maclean, 28 and Justin Robertson, 36, all deny conspiracy to murder. Mr Robertson also denies murder.

Mrs Davis had previously been in a relationship with Carr's father, Timothy, who was due to get married last summer, the court was told.

The prosecution allege that Ben Carr arranged to pay Robertson £1,500 to kill Mrs Davis after learning that she had sent Facebook messages to his father's bride-to-be, including a reference to the allegations she had made against the defendant.

Prosecuting counsel Richard Smith QC told the jury that one of the messages Mrs Davis sent to the woman read: "Good luck, by the way. Maybe people will realise now what a nightmare I went through.

"And by the way, I was still seeing Tim when you first met him. Know the dates. Hey ho. Good luck, you will need it."

Mrs Davis later sent another message to a male friend on Facebook saying she had "lost the plot the other night" and sent Tim Carr's wife-to-be a message online, Mr Smith added.

"She was threatening to throw his life into utter turmoil with those allegations made against him (Ben Carr)," said Mr Smith.

"Killing Pennie Davis was the only way he could bring those allegations to an end."

The trial continues.


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Alan Cartwright: CCTV Of Boy's Stab Death

Alan Cartwright: CCTV Of Boy's Stab Death

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Police have released "truly shocking" video of the moment a 15-year-old was stabbed to death while cycling along a busy London street.

Alan Cartwright was with friends in Islington on Friday when they were ambushed on Caledonian Road.

The CCTV shows two suspects suddenly jumping off the pavement as the boys ride past.

A third attacker crosses the road and pulls one of Alan's friends off his bike.

Alan managed to continue riding for a short while before collapsing.

An ambulance was called but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  1. Gallery: Boy, 15, Stabbed To Death In North London

    A picture of Alan Cartwright supplied by the Metropolitan Police

One of the tributes left at the scene. The 15-year-old was attacked while riding his bike with friends in Caledonian Road, London, on 27 February

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Alan managed to cycle a short distance after the attack, but quickly collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the scene

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Detectives released CCTV of the attack and are appealing for witnesses

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Tributes have been placed on the road where Alan was stabbed. Continue through for more images

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Alan Cartwright: CCTV Of Boy's Stab Death

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Police have released "truly shocking" video of the moment a 15-year-old was stabbed to death while cycling along a busy London street.

Alan Cartwright was with friends in Islington on Friday when they were ambushed on Caledonian Road.

The CCTV shows two suspects suddenly jumping off the pavement as the boys ride past.

A third attacker crosses the road and pulls one of Alan's friends off his bike.

Alan managed to continue riding for a short while before collapsing.

An ambulance was called but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  1. Gallery: Boy, 15, Stabbed To Death In North London

    A picture of Alan Cartwright supplied by the Metropolitan Police

One of the tributes left at the scene. The 15-year-old was attacked while riding his bike with friends in Caledonian Road, London, on 27 February

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Alan managed to cycle a short distance after the attack, but quickly collapsed and was later pronounced dead at the scene

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Detectives released CCTV of the attack and are appealing for witnesses

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Tributes have been placed on the road where Alan was stabbed. Continue through for more images

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Sex Gangs May Have Abused Hundreds Of Girls

By Lisa Dowd, Sky News Correspondent

Nearly 400 girls may have been sexually exploited in Oxfordshire over a 16-year period, according to a report that has criticised authorities for failing to protect victims.

The Serious Case Review said a paedophile ring was able to rape and abuse six victims for five years because the girls' complaints were not taken seriously.

They were reported missing 500 times between 2005 and 2010, the review said.

One victim described how she turned up at a police station covered in blood in the early hours, but was ignored.

The review found multiple failings and said authorities could have stopped the abuse in 2005, rather than 2010 when it was finally uncovered.

However, it found no evidence of "wilful professional neglect" by police and social workers.

The report reveals 373 girls have been identified as possible victims of sexual exploitation within the last 16 years in the county.

The horrific accounts of six victims are documented within the review, along with their contact with authorities.

One girl said: "I turned up at the police station at 2/3am, blood all over me, soaked through my trousers to the crotch. They dismissed it as me being naughty, a nuisance."

Another told the authorities: "The Asian men felt they ran Oxford. That was exciting. People were afraid of them. I felt protected. People respected them."

Thames Valley's police chief said she deeply regretted her force's failings.

"We are ashamed of the shortcomings identified in this report and we are determined to do all we can to ensure nothing like this ever happens again," said Chief Constable Sara Thornton. 

Between 2005-10 the six vulnerable girls were reported missing 500 times - half of those when they were in council care - but it did not raise alarm bells with authorities.

Chair of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board Maggie Blyth said: "The Serious Case Review has seen no evidence of wilful professional neglect or misconduct by organisations, but there was at times a worrying lack of curiosity and follow through, and much work should have been considerably different and better."

In May 2013, seven men were convicted of 43 offences including trafficking and rape.

Their trial detailed how they "actively targeted" girls from the ages of 11 and 12, the majority of whom had been sent to live in care homes.

The girls were plied with alcohol, introduced to drugs, then sold for sex in guest houses, private houses and hotels, and abused by multiple men, some of whom had travelled to Oxford from "far afield".

The humiliation and degradation involved knives, meat cleavers and baseball bats. The girls' ordeals sometimes lasted days.

Like similar cases in Rotherham, Rochdale and Derby, the report states the victims were white girls and the perpetrators mainly men of Asian heritage and Muslim culture, but says "no one was aware of evidence of any holding back due to ethnicity".

However, it recommends more research needs to be done at a national level, saying "it cannot be parked as too potentially sensitive or inflammatory to pursue openly at that level".

The report found the abuse could have been identified as early as 2005, when police had "considerable concern" about some girls.

But it said too often the girls, who were seen as "precocious" and "difficult", were not believed, and their accounts were thought to be "exaggerated" by authorities.

They were seen as young adults and it was assumed that they had control over their actions.

The report also highlighted the ordeal of one parent who "went hunting the streets of SE England night after night" looking for her  daughter who now "suffers nightmares, flashbacks and is depressed".

It said some parents felt authorities had "no empathy" when they reported abuse and they "felt patronised".

Social workers, teachers and councillors guilty of failing to protect children could in future face up to five years in jail.

The Prime Minister said children had suffered sexual abuse on an "industrial scale" with too many people and organisations "walking on by".

Mr Cameron - talking about the plans at No 10 - said: "I think it's very important we take a step back and just recognise the horrific nature of what has happened in our country.

"Young girls - and they are young girls - being abused over and over again on an industrial scale, being raped, being passed from one bunch of perpetrators to another bunch of perpetrators.

"And all the while this has happened with too many organisations and too many people walking on by.

"And we have got to really resolve that this stops here, it doesn't happen again and we recognise abuse for what it is."

Since the trial, Thames Valley Police says approximately 700 children in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire have been referred where there is a suspicion they might be being sexually exploited.

"Like the whole community we are horrified at what happened in Oxford," said Jim Leivers, Oxfordshire County Council's head of Children, Education and Families.

"We fully accept that we made many mistakes and missed opportunities to stop the abuse."


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Three British Plane Spotters Arrested In UAE

Three British plane spotters have been arrested in Dubai and are being held in prison.

Conrad Clitheroe, 53, and his friend Gary Cooper, 45, have been detained along with their former work colleague, expat Neil Munro, since 21 February, according to Mr Clitheroe's wife Valerie.

The trio were reportedly taking notes near Fujairah Airport, about 80 miles from Dubai.

They were stopped by an off-duty policeman and were accused of committing a "national security offence".

It is understood the men are being held at Fujairah prison.

Mr Clitheroe's wife, Valerie, says her husband is forced to share a cell with more than 20 men.

He was originally due to fly home on 22 February following a planned four-day trip.

She said: "We were just totally shocked when we heard and couldn't believe it was true.

"He's really choked up every time I've spoken to him. They're trying to help each other but it's difficult not knowing.

"They would never do anything that would risk national security. They weren't taking pictures. They didn't realise plane spotting was such an issue."

She has spoken to her husband three times on the phone since his arrest and is worried about the state of his health.

"He's got high blood pressure and a heart murmur," she said. "He goes for regular check-ups and takes quite a lot of medication which will have run out now."

One solicitor has told her it would cost her $30,000 (£20,000) for just one visit.

The charity Detained in Dubai has now intervened and is seeking the release of the three men.

Its founder Radha Stirling said: "All three friends have a shared hobby of plane spotting and were keen to see Fujairah airport, where many older and rarer aircrafts can be seen.

"The practice is legal in the UAE though not widely understood, nor appreciated by authorities."

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spokesman said: "We can confirm the arrest of three British nationals in Dubai on 22 February. We are providing consular assistance at this time."

It is not the first time British plane spotters have got into trouble abroad. In 2010, two men were arrested in India after asking for a hotel room overlooking a civilian runway. In 2001, 12 spotters were held in Greece for taking photos at an air show.


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Police: Child Abuse In 'Picturesque Towns'

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent

A senior detective has warned there are cases of child sexual exploitation in "picturesque towns" where people would never imagine abuse could be happening.

Detective Chief Supt Andrew Murray said there have been 20 large-scale investigations across the Thames Valley since the Oxford grooming scandal was uncovered.

He added it was not a problem confined to the big urban areas like Rochdale and Rotherham.

He told Sky News: "We have made sure that the most experienced, the most highly trained detectives are investigating the complex cases of child sexual exploitation.

"Since the Bullfinch case we have done approximately 20 large scale investigations right across Thames Valley.

"We have uncovered exploitation going on in places that you wouldn't really imagine it to happen, not just in the large urban areas but there are allegations, court cases currently in Banbury.

"There will be future court cases in places like Aylesbury ... it does prove the adage that if you look for it you will find it."

He added: "In my view if you want to call yourself a detective in the 21st century you have to learn how to protect children, you have to learn how to investigate child abuse.

"We have proved that if you look for this you will find it, we have found it not just in our large urban areas but in areas of Thames Valley you would consider as picturesque market towns

"The sad fact is that there will always be people out there who will abuse children, they will always be there so what we need to do is guarantee that we listen to those children and we never give up on them."

His comments come after Professor Alexis Jay, who carried out a report into the abuse of 1,400 children in Rotherham, cautioned:  "No one knows the true extent of child sexual exploitation in any community.

"You need to look for it. Professionals need to seek it out and address it.

"I'm confident that Rotherham was not unique, where I found conservatively that 1,400 young people had been abused through sexual exploitation, and I would be sure that similar numbers would be elsewhere."

Det Chief Supt Murray, the most senior detective on Thames Valley Police, also acknowledged the victims of sexual exploitation in the city were badly let down before gang members were finally arrested in 2012.

The Serious Case Review found signs of the abuse were evident as early as 2005 but not acted upon.

He told Sky News: "We have apologised to those children but an apology is not enough, unless you learn the lessons from the past.

"It is a cultural change, we need to make sure that the reason we failed to investigate in the past is put right in the future.

"The main lesson I have taken away from this, as a detective, is that we need coordinated and sustained investigation into allegations of child sexual exploitation."

He said since the Oxford case 700 children had been referred to the force on the suspicion they might be being sexually exploited.

The difference, he said, was that now each child had a "plan put around them" by education and health care professionals - and an proper investigation.

With echoes of cases in Rotherham and Rochdale, most of the offenders prosecuted in Oxford were British Pakistani.

Det Chief Supt Murray pointed out that 90% of the cases he and his colleagues deal with involve abuse within families where ethnicity is not the issue.

However, he does see a pattern with street grooming. He said: "There does appear to be more men of a British Pakistani heritage and more men from a black African heritage.

"I think it is evolving picture. I would like there to be independent academic analysis as to why that would be ... but I don't think it should alter in any way how we investigate."


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AA: Petrol Costs Likely To Rise Further

The AA has warned unleaded petrol prices are likely to rise further as costs hit an average 110p-per-litre again.

The motoring organisation reported that the product cost of unleaded had risen just 5p in the space of a month following the six-year pump price low of 106.39p at the start of February.

It said the average stood at 110.12p-per-litre, suggesting there was further scope for retailers to increase their prices.

Diesel, which fell to a low of 113.42p-per-litre at the start of February, now averaged 116.85p, the AA said.

It calculated that the 3.7p rise in pump costs added £7.40 to the monthly petrol costs of a two-car family.

The rise in pump prices follows a $15 (£9.70) hike in the cost of a barrel of oil between the middle of January and the end of February.

Brent crude lost 60% of its value at the height of the price fall between June 2014 and January this year - blamed on a glut in the market which remains.

It is currently trading above $61 a barrel in London as traders become more positive on world economic recovery and higher demand.

The AA said market speculators were driving prices higher and UK motorists had now learned to insulate themselves from the effects of higher pump costs by cutting back on car use.

Edmund King, the AA's president, said: "Beyond winter, drivers fear another spike in oil and pump prices.

"Once again, from oil storage tank through to the forecourt, profit from road fuel is being pumped up – despite International Energy Agency figures indicating abundant global oil supplies at present.

"Just when drivers and businesses hoped that there might be some stability in petrol and diesel prices, commodity market greed has pushed up costs again and many petrol stations have wasted little time in passing them on."


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Becky Watts Search: Police Find Body Parts

Becky Watts Search: Police Find Body Parts

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The family of Becky Watts have said they are "devastated" after police looking for the missing 16-year-old announced they had found body parts.

A massive search for the teenager has been under way since she was reported missing from her home in Bristol on 20 February.

Becky's family said in a statement they were "at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way".

Two people - a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman - were arrested on Monday by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of murder.

Police have been granted an additional 24 hours to question the pair, who had previously been arrested on suspicion of Becky's kidnap.

Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour said: "As a result of new information received late last night, we attended a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of Bristol.

"The information suggested that Becky's body had been cut up and a search at the new location resulted in the discovery of body parts.

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  1. Gallery: Becky Watts: Body Parts Found

    Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol

Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of assiting an offender and a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder

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Police clear undergrowth close to a property that has a forensic tent erected in the garden in Barton Court, Bristol. Continue through for more images

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Becky Watts Search: Police Find Body Parts

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The family of Becky Watts have said they are "devastated" after police looking for the missing 16-year-old announced they had found body parts.

A massive search for the teenager has been under way since she was reported missing from her home in Bristol on 20 February.

Becky's family said in a statement they were "at an utter loss to understand why anyone would want to hurt our beautiful Becky in such a brutal way".

Two people - a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman - were arrested on Monday by Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion of murder.

Police have been granted an additional 24 hours to question the pair, who had previously been arrested on suspicion of Becky's kidnap.

Detective Superintendent Mike Courtiour said: "As a result of new information received late last night, we attended a house at Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of Bristol.

"The information suggested that Becky's body had been cut up and a search at the new location resulted in the discovery of body parts.

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  1. Gallery: Becky Watts: Body Parts Found

    Police investigating the disappearance of teenager Becky Watts say they have found body parts at a house in Bristol

Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of assiting an offender and a 28-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman remain in custody on suspicion of murder

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Police clear undergrowth close to a property that has a forensic tent erected in the garden in Barton Court, Bristol. Continue through for more images

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Disgraced Rolf Harris Stripped Of His CBE

Disgraced Rolf Harris Stripped Of His CBE

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Disgraced children's entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed last year for indecent assault, has been stripped of his CBE.

An official announcement in the London Gazette revealed: "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Rolf Harris to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 17 June 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order."

The 84-year-old convicted paedophile has already been stripped of honours in his native Australia.

He was jailed for just under six years after being found guilty of sex attacks on girls as young as seven.

At his sentencing last year, Mr Justice Sweeney told the shamed performer: "You have shown no remorse for your crimes at all.

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  1. Gallery: Rolf Harris' Career In Pictures

    Rolf Harris was born on March 30, 1930, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. As a boy, he became interested in art and his talent was recognised at primary school.

Harris had his first solo art exhibition in Perth at the age of 16. He spent two years at university but left to begin a course at teacher training college.

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He was a talented swimmer when he was a teenager but while he was at teacher training college, he contracted a virus that paralysed him for several months.

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In 1952, aged 21, he left Australia to study art in London. He started at art school in 1953 but left after two years to work with the artist Hayward Veal.

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During the 1950s, he worked for the BBC on children's programmes. In 1958, he married Alwen Hughes and worked on a TV show in Perth for a year.

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Disgraced Rolf Harris Stripped Of His CBE

We use cookies to give you the best experience. If you do nothing we'll assume that it's ok.

Disgraced children's entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed last year for indecent assault, has been stripped of his CBE.

An official announcement in the London Gazette revealed: "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Rolf Harris to be a Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated 17 June 2006, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order."

The 84-year-old convicted paedophile has already been stripped of honours in his native Australia.

He was jailed for just under six years after being found guilty of sex attacks on girls as young as seven.

At his sentencing last year, Mr Justice Sweeney told the shamed performer: "You have shown no remorse for your crimes at all.

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  1. Gallery: Rolf Harris' Career In Pictures

    Rolf Harris was born on March 30, 1930, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. As a boy, he became interested in art and his talent was recognised at primary school.

Harris had his first solo art exhibition in Perth at the age of 16. He spent two years at university but left to begin a course at teacher training college.

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He was a talented swimmer when he was a teenager but while he was at teacher training college, he contracted a virus that paralysed him for several months.

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In 1952, aged 21, he left Australia to study art in London. He started at art school in 1953 but left after two years to work with the artist Hayward Veal.

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During the 1950s, he worked for the BBC on children's programmes. In 1958, he married Alwen Hughes and worked on a TV show in Perth for a year.

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