Rolf Harris, convicted sex offender and former entertainer, dies aged 93

The Australian – who was a popular entertainer throughout the '60s and '70s – was convicted of the sexual assault of four underage girls in 2014 after being arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree investigation.

Harris was born in Bassendean, Western Australia in 1930 and found fame after releasing songs such as Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, and Jake the Peg in the '50s and '60s, as well as inventing the musical instrument the wobble board.

In the '60s and '70s he became a household name in the UK for presenting TV shows such as Rolf's Cartoon Club and Animal Hospital, while he also appeared on a number of other popular programmes.

However, shortly after Operation Yewtree investigations began in 2012, he was arrested and later questioned regarding historical allegations of sexual offences, which he denied.

In 2014 he was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison after a jury found him guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on four female victims between 1968 and 1986.

One of those counts was later overturned in 2017 after three judges in London ruled the conviction was "unsafe" – but Harris's application to challenge the other convictions was dismissed.

Harris was released on license in 2017 after serving almost three years of his sentence at HM Prison Stafford.

Following his conviction, Harris was stripped of a number of honours he had received throughout his career, including a CBE, a BAFTA fellowship and several Australian honours.

A new two-part documentary titled Rolf Harris: Hiding In Plain Sight is set to debut on ITVX on Thursday 18th May, examining "how the TV personality got away for his crimes for so long".

The documentary will feature interviews with Harris's victims, the police who investigated him and his colleagues.