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Artist News Legal
Roy Harper trial begins
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 22 January 2015
The trial of folk musician Roy Harper on sexual offences against two underage girls began this week.
As previously reported, Harper was arrested in 2013 and charged with sexually abusing an eleven year old girl a number of times between 1975 and 1977. He is also accused of indecently assaulting a sixteen year old girl in 1980.
The trial at Worcester Crown Court is expected to last two weeks.
