andrew wrote:

Then she say it was the Crystal Maze.

Or Call My Bluff...

Jury still deciding in Rolf Harris case

Here's hoping it doesn't run over another weekend like the first trial and the jury keep clear of the internet.

Jo wrote:
Jury still deciding in Rolf Harris case

Here's hoping it doesn't run over another weekend like the first trial and the jury keep clear of the internet.
But why would they? They are just ordinary people, and we know people like to gawp, and people like to gauge other's opinions, and people like to be amateur detectives.
I would be very surprised if none of the twelve googled.

A good result so far but let's not count chickens before they come home to roost.

If I've understood it correctly, it seems from the appeal judgement that the original defence team were aware of similarities between Tonya Lee's story and Savile great-niece Caroline Robinson's earlier story but decided now to run with it in case it backfired by drawing a parallel between Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile in the jury's minds. The new defence team resubmitted this evidence but the appeal court said that "It is not the purpose of appellate proceedings to allow a second bite of the cherry in such circumstances and we decline to receive this evidence."

I'm convinced Lee copied the mechanics of her story from Robinson and wouldn't be surprised if she used another interview published on YouTube, namely with Robert Hughes' niece Melinda O'Donnell, as inspiration for the alleged emotional impact, as there are similarities with it too, though not as many.