A woman from Darwin, Australia, told Southwark Crown Court she had been
"repulsed" when Mr Harris then gave her a "gentle hug" and
kissed her.
It is said to have happened in 1969.
Entertainer Rolf Harris told a girl he wanted to be
the first person to give her "a tongue kiss" when she was 11 or 12
years old, a jury has heard.
The woman is a prosecution witness but her allegation does not form
part of the charges against Mr Harris, 84, who denies 12 counts of indecent
assault.
Mr Harris, from Bray, Berkshire, is accused of assaults on four girls
in the UK between 1968 and 1986, when they were aged between seven or eight and
19.
Giving evidence, the woman said the childhood incident took place when
she was staying with family friends because she was off school ill.
She had come downstairs from her sick bed to find Mr Harris polishing a
piece of wood under the house. She told the court he started talking to her,
asking her how old she was.
The woman told the court when she gave Mr Harris her age, "he said
'good, I want to be the first one to introduce you to a tongue kiss'".
After the alleged abuse the entertainer "just stopped and then he
just went and said 'have a look at what I've been doing'", and showed her
his polishing work.
Party dance
The court heard that the woman told "a couple of friends"
about her claims, without being taken seriously, but also each of her three
husbands, because she was uncomfortable about being kissed in that way.
Her husband persuaded her to go to the police about the claim, in the
wake of media reports about Mr Harris.
I was totally shocked, and immediately turned and
left him on the dance floor on his own”
Prosecution
witness on alleged New Zealand incident in 1970
The woman was also said to have been
assaulted by her cousin when she was 17. However, she rejected a suggestion by
defence barrister Sonia Woodley QC that she had confused that incident with her
claim against Mr Harris.
Another prosecution witness told the court Mr Harris groped her as they
danced at a party in New Zealand in 1970.
The jury was told she was 16 or 17 and was working for a wine company
when she met the entertainer.
"He was a celebrity from television. I was quite honoured to see
him coming through the door," she told the court.
He was "very friendly and very relaxed", and "being
stupid" as he posed for photographs.
But she said when she agreed to Mr Harris's offer to dance "in a
flash, in a moment... I saw the dark side of a man who I thought could be
trusted".
She claimed Mr Harris put his hand under her dress and tried to place
it between her legs.
"I pulled away, I was totally shocked, and immediately turned and
left him on the dance floor on his own," she added.
The women contacted Scotland Yard after reading about Mr Harris's
arrest in the UK last year.
Mr Harris's defence barrister pointed out she had not said the
entertainer had tried to he put his hand between her legs in her statement to
police.
Questioned by Ms Woodley, the woman said it was "incorrect"
to suggest "his hand wandered down, maybe innocently, and he did not put
his hand up your dress".
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