Harris ‘lenient’ prison term will not be challenged

Convicted paedophile Rolf Harris will not see his jail term challenged by the UK government’s chief legal adviser for being too lenient.

Attorney General Jeremy Wright will not refer the disgraced entertainer’s sentence of five years and nine months to the Court of Appeal, a spokeswoman in his office said.

Mr Wright’s decision comes despite his office receiving 150 complaints about the leniency of Harris’ sentence, of which he will serve half, although it only takes one complaint to trigger the review process.