Clifford guilty of indecent assaults

PR guru Max Clifford was yesterday found guilty of a string of indecent assaults on teenage girls in the first conviction under sex crime inquiry Operation Yewtree.

The 71-year-old celebrity publicist was convicted of eight indecent assaults and cleared of two at Southwark Crown Court, with the jury unable to reach a verdict on one other count.

Clifford had repeatedly denied the claims branding his accusers “fantasists”.