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Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes denied parole again due to ‘unacceptable risk’ – NEWS.com.au
Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes denied parole again due to ‘unacceptable risk’
Star of Australian TV classic Hey Dad! Robert Hughes has been denied parole for the second time in six years after he was jailed over a series of historic child sex offences.Hughes, now 72, was in 2014 sentenced to at least six years behind bars for the sexual abuse of four young girls in the 1980s and ‘90s.
He was arrested in the UK in 2012 and extradited to Australia to face trial over 11 sexual assault charges before the NSW District Court.
At trial a jury found him guilty of 10 charges including…
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