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Clifford Firth's house at Henley Beach. CLIFFORD Frith built his international artistic career from the comfort of his seafront home - now the convicted paedophile wants to be jailed there. Lawyers for Frith yesterday asked the District Court to convert any sentence imposed upon their client to home detention. They said jailing Frith - who is 86, and has health issues - would be unduly harsh. Frith committed acts of gross indecency against two girls at Henley Beach between January 1990 and September 1992. He took the girls into his shed and shower, then forced them to touch his penis in what was known as "the mousey game". Frith has also admitted causing another girl to disrobe between January 1987 and December 1991. Yesterday Lindy Powell, QC, for Frith, said jailing her client would be "unduly harsh". She said his advanced age and ill health made him eligible, under state law, to serve his penalty as home detention rather than in custody. The Advertiser understands Frith's home, at Henley Beach, has sea frontage and a built-in art studio. Peter Longson, prosecuting, said Frith was "no different" than any other pensioner. "His disorders of old age don't require intensive, ongoing treatment or hospitalisation," he said. "There's nothing (wrong with Frith) that can't be dealt with under the prison health system. "The circumstances of this case don't come within cooee of being unduly harsh." Mr Longson said Frith's problems were of his own making. "He's depressed - and if he wasn't, there would be something wrong with him," he said. "He doesn't want to spend a single day in Yatala prison, and it's understandable that would make anyone depressed. "(Frith still) has the temerity to go around and tell anyone who will listen that the victims are liars, that they just want his money." Judge David Smith remanded Frith on continuing bail for sentencing in two weeks. Adelaide Advertiser (16-6-2011) Sean Fewster |
Clifford Frith at an earlier court appearance. HE was a shining light of the arts scene, a gifted sculptor and painter whose works were displayed around the world. But behind the acclaim, Clifford Frith was a paedophile who groomed girls to play "the mousey game" with him in the shower. For the first time, The Advertiser can reveal details of Frith's crimes, which have been wrapped in suppression orders since 2009. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of inciting a child to expose her body. Last year, he was found guilty at trial of two counts of gross indecency. Frith's counsel has sought mercy, saying it would be "cruel and unusual" to jail their cancer-ridden, psychologically ill client. Peter Longson, prosecuting, said Frith should be treated the same as paedophile former magistrate Peter Liddy and former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld, who was jailed for perjury. "It was put to the court that Frith is held in high esteem in the art circle, and that is no doubt true, but it is not a 'get out of jail free' card," he said. "Peter Liddy no doubt had years to offer the judiciary, Marcus Einfeld was a living national treasure, and both of those men fell enormous lengths." Frith committed acts of gross indecency against two girls at Henley Beach between January 1990 and September 1992. He took the girls into his shed and shower, then forced them to touch his penis in what was known as "the mousey game". Frith yesterday admitted causing another girl to disrobe between January 1987 and December 1991. During submissions in March, Mr Longson called Frith's actions a gross breach of trust. Yesterday, Frith, 86, was remanded on continuing bail for sentencing in three weeks. AdelaideNow (5-5-2011) Sean Fewster http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/famed-artist-clifford-frith-admits-child-sex-charges/story-e6frea83-1226049877807 |
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