Justice Nigel Sweeney summarised the evidence in the case and told the 12 jury members not to be swayed by emotion or the media.
“Neither media nor internet nor speculation nor emotion of any type can have any part whatsoever to play in your deliberations,” he said.
During the six-week trial, prosecutors told the court that the entertainer, 84, was a “Jekyll and Hyde” character, who was a “sinister pervert who had a demon lurking beneath the charming exterior”.
Earlier in the week, defence counsel Simon Ray said prosecutors had “trashed” Harris’ reputation, but failed to prove him guilty of sexual assault.
Harris has pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting four girls between 1968 and 1986.
The jury will return today to continue its deliberations.
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