Operation Yewtree: Rolf Harris questioned over new sex offence allegations

Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has been questioned by police in connection with fresh allegations of sexual offences.

Met Police said Harris, 84, was interviewed under caution by officers from Operation Yewtree, the inquiry set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

He was interviewed on 3 and 4 Feb at a police station in Stafford. Harris was recently moved to a prison in Staffordshire following his conviction for child sex offences.

Harris was sentenced to five years and nine months in jail after being convicted of 12 counts of indecent assault on four women as young as seven or eight at the time of the offences.

He attempted to have his convictions overturned, but his efforts were rejected by the Court of Appeal.

A Met Police spokesperson said: "We can confirm officers from Operation Yewtree have interviewed an 84-year-old man under caution in connection with allegations of sexual offences, under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Others'.

"Inquiries continue."