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Roy Harper appears in court over child abuse charges
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 19 November 2013
Folk singer Roy Harper yesterday appeared at Hereford Magistrates Court in relation to child sexual abuse charges. According to the BBC, the hearing lasted four minutes and Harper did not enter a plea.
As previously reported, Harper was arrested last week and charged with nine sexual offences against one girl between 1975 and 1977. The girl was twelve at the time of the first alleged offence.