Australian-born British broadcaster Rolf Harris has been charged with nine counts of indecent assault. The charges relate to alleged offences involving two children in the 1980s.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has also authorised police to charge Harris with four charges of making indecent images of a child.
Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS London, said "Having completed our review, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr. Harris to be charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of a child".
"The alleged indecent assaults date from 1980 to 1986 and relate to two complainants aged 14 and 15 at the time of the alleged offending" she added.
The charges are six offences of indecent assault relating to a girl aged between 15 and 16 from 1980 to 1981, and three offences of indecent assault relating to a girl aged 14, in 1986.
He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 23rd.
He has been charged as part of Operation Yewtree, which is investigating alleged child sexual exploitation by the late broadcaster Jimmy Savile and others.
