Rolf Harris seen in public for first time in three years

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The 86-year-old was caught on camera while going to a hospital appointment
He was immediately recognisable with his trademark white beard and thick hair
Harris kept his head down and stared intently at a book he was carrying
He was flanked by prison guards at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton

Published: 20:05 EDT, 18 March 2017 | Updated: 20:57 EDT, 18 March 2017

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Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has been seen in public for the first time in almost three years since being jailed as a child sex offender.

The Australian-born 86-year-old was caught on camera as he was taken to a hospital appointment outside prison.

Harris kept his head down and stared intently at a thick book he was carrying in his hands and covered his prison-issue blue uniform with a grey coat.

But he was immediately recognisable with his trademark white beard and thick head of hair.

Australian-born Rolf Harris, above centre, was caught on camera as he was taken to a hospital appointment

The fallen star was convicted of 12 historic indecent assaults on four young girls - one just seven or eight - between 1968 and 1986. Pictured is his mugshot that was released by police

Harris was not handcuffed as prison guards escorted him 100 yds into New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, pictured (stock photo)

Witnesses said the shamed musician quickly hid his face behind a book after realising he'd been seen.

Harris was not handcuffed but he was flanked by prison guards as they escorted him 100 yds from a prison van into New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

One onlooker said: 'He was staring at the floor and then acted as if he was studying the cover of his book.

'He obviously didn't want to be recognised but everyone knows his face and with that hair and beard he stuck out like a sore thumb.

'When he realised he'd been spotted he suddenly held the book up to his face.'

Harris spent around 45 minutes at New Cross Hospital, pictured, for the undisclosed appointment

Following his appointment Harris was driven back to his cell at HMP Stafford, pictured, 20 miles away

One onlooker at New Cross Hospital, above, said: 'He was staring at the floor and then acted as if he was studying the cover of his book'

Harris spent around 45 minutes at the hospital for the undisclosed appointment before being driven back to his cell at HMP Stafford 20 miles away.

The fallen star was last seen in public in July 2014 when he arrived by boat from his Thames-side mansion in Berkshire to be sentenced at London's Southwark Crown Court.

Rolf Harris arriving with daughter Bindi, left, wife Alwen, centre, and niece Jenny, centre right, at Southwark Crown Court in London when he was convicted in 2014

He was convicted of 12 historic indecent assaults on four young girls - one just seven or eight - between 1968 and 1986.

He is serving a sentence of five years and nine months in the category-C prison.

He was cleared of three further assaults at a second trial last month but told he faces a retrial in May on another three sex offences jurors couldn't decide on, plus one new charge.