‘Not once did I have any suspicions. I’m shocked’
Famed Lancashire choreographer Dougie Squires, who was a character witness for Harris at his trial, tells Brian Ellis about the Rolf he knew and trusted.
Dougie Squires’ jaw dropped as he sat in the public gallery of Southwark Crown Court and saw his old friend Rolf Harris unmasked as a predatory paedophile.
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Hide AdThe veteran choreographer, who worked with one of the world’s best-known entertainers over five decades, confessed later: “I never knew. Not once did I have any suspicions. I’m totally shocked.”
Today, as Harris was struggling to come to terms with prison life, Dougie, who appeared as a character witness for him during the trial, was at home in Lancashire wondering just how the star managed to keep his dark side so well-hidden from all his showbiz pals.
“The picture they painted in court wasn’t the Rolf I knew,” he said at home near Garstang.
“None of us suspected in the slightest that he was doing that sort of thing.
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Hide Ad“I’m still struggling to believe it even now because there is always gossip in rehearsal rooms, yet there was never any about Rolf. Not a word.”