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Be grateful this criminal left your lucky country

On the list of trusted Australians, ‘Rolfie’ would be several thousand rungs below Ned Kelly

5 July 2014

9:00 AM

5 July 2014

9:00 AM

It is not the least tragic aspect of the case of Rolf Harris that when Reader’s Digest Australia compiled a list of the country’s 100 most trusted people, the man who described himself in the third person to his victims as ‘Rolfie’ came in at number 90. But then what was there not to like? Until his prosecution on 12 counts of child abuse — on all of which a London jury has convicted him unanimously — he was half renaissance man, half favourite uncle.

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