‘Shameless’ paedo TV star Rolf Harris ‘wiped £16m fortune to make it harder for victims to access’, new documents reveal

DISGRACED Rolf Harris died penniless, authoritative documents reveal.

Vile Harris - who lived retired his last years arsenic a recluse aft being convicted of kid enactment crimes – succumbed to cervix cancer past May aged 93.

At the time, it was said that helium near down a luck of astir £16million that would beryllium passed down to his woman Alwen and girl Bindi, 60.

But probate documents amusement that - erstwhile helium died - his assets were said to beryllium worthy conscionable £438,802.

When expenses were taken retired the nett worth of his property was £0.

It is thought overmuch of his wealthiness whitethorn person been carved disconnected earlier his decease to marque it hard for his victims - who were seeking compensation for their trauma - to get entree to his fortune.

The erstwhile TV favourite was convicted successful 2014 and sentenced to 5 years and 9 months successful jailhouse for 12 indecent assaults connected 4 underage girls betwixt 1968 and 1986.

He was yet nailed nether the Met Police’s Operation Yewtree probe into historical enactment maltreatment which besides saw stars including Stuart Hall and Fred Talbot jailed.

Aussie Harris – a staple of children’s TV successful the 1980s - was released from prison successful 2017 part-way done a re-trial connected 4 accusations of indecent assault.

In November 2017, helium appeared astatine the Court of Appeal successful London to effort to overturn his convictions but succeeded connected lone one.

However, the different 11 convictions remained.

Harris, who died from cervix cancer, lived his last years arsenic a recluse astatine his luxury £5million location connected the banks of the Thames, successful upmarket Bray, Berkshire.

Much of his luck is believed to person been spent connected round-the-clock carers that looked aft him and his woman Alwen, who died successful September this twelvemonth aft suffering from dementia.

His legal documents amusement that his past volition was signed successful March 2022, conscionable a twelvemonth earlier his death, and was witnessed by 2 of his carers.

Investigator and ex-detective Mark Williams-Thomas - who helped to convict Harris - said: “This is yet different disgrace.

“He has evidently planned to get escaped of wealth and assets and determination is nary mode he’d person really been penniless.

“He had amassed a immense magnitude of wealthiness and I would presume helium has squirreled it distant to debar victims making claims connected it, adjacent aft his death.

"The antheral had nary shame.”

Best known for hits Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport and Jake The Peg, arsenic good arsenic a drawstring of children’s TV hits, Harris painted the 80th day representation of the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

When helium died it was estimated that his luck could beryllium arsenic overmuch arsenic £16million, but his condemnation connected paedophile charges besides severely impacted his wealth.