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   Robert Hughes   
   Born	Robert Lindsay Hughes   
   19 August 1948 (age 69)   
   Sydney, New South Wales   
   Nationality	Australian   
   Occupation	Actor, voice actor, musician   
   Years active	1976–2013   
   Known for	Hey Dad..!, ABBA: The Movie   
   Criminal penalty	10 years 9 months' imprisonment (6 years non-parole)   
   Criminal status	Incarcerated   
   Spouse(s)	Robyn Gardiner   
   Children	1   
   Conviction(s)	Two counts of sexual assault, seven counts of indecent assault   
   and one count of committing an indecent act involving girls from 6 to 15   
   Robert Lindsay Hughes (born 19 August 1948 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an   
   Australian former actor, voice artist, musician and journalist, whose most   
   significant roles include ABBA: The Movie and the television sitcom Hey   
   Dad..!. In May 2014, he was    
   convicted of sexual offences against children and sentenced to 10 years and 9   
   months' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 6 years.[1]   
      
   Contents    
   1	Early career   
   2	Acting   
   3	Filmography   
   4	Allegations of sexual misconduct, arrest, and conviction   
   5	References   
   6	External links   
   Early career   
   Hughes first worked as a cadet journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald.[2]   
      
   Hughes was briefly the bass player for the pop/country rock band the Flying   
   Circus in 1967–68, billed as Bob Hughes, before they had hits with the songs   
   "Hayride" and "La La".[3]   
      
   Acting   
   Hughes has acted extensively in Australian theatre, film and television. He   
   was a Sydney Theatre Company company artist from 1981. His theatre roles have   
   included The War Horse and Great Big Adventure Book for Boys. His television   
   roles include Chopper    
   Squad, Cop Shop, The Sullivans, Skyways, Tickled Pink, The Paul Hogan Show,   
   Dick Emery in Australia, Daily at Dawn, The Timeless Land, Kingswood Country,   
   The Flying Doctors, A Country Practice, Learned Friends, Prisoner and The New   
   Adventures of Blinky    
   Bill. His film roles include Cathy's Child, Fatty Finn, ABBA: The Movie and   
   Squizzy Taylor.[4] Following this he played the lead role in Hey Dad..! from   
   1987 until leaving the series in 1993.   
      
   Hughes did not participate in two Hey Dad..! cast reunions: on the television   
   series Where Are They Now? in 2006,[5] and a radio reunion on Brisbane station   
   B105 FM in 2009.[6]   
      
   1979 he was on the Australian spin-off version of The British show Love Thy   
   Neighbour, Called Love thy Neighbour in Australia. They only created 7   
   episodes. Available on DVD from Umbrella Entertainment. Starring Jack   
   Smethurst as Eddie Booth (only cast    
   member from the British series).   
      
   Filmography   
   Year	Title	Role	Allmovie rating   
   1977	ABBA: The Movie	Ashley Wallace	2.5/5 stars link   
   1979	Cathy's Child	Mike	2.5/5 stars link   
   1980	Fatty Finn	Percy	2.5/5 stars link   
   1981	Winter of Our Dreams	Martin Harris	2.5/5 stars link   
   1982	Squizzy Taylor	Reg Harvey	2/5 stars link   
   1982	Deadline	Fletcher	2/5 stars link   
   1984	The Great Gold Swindle	Brian Mickelberg	2.5/5 stars link   
   1996	Race the Sun	Judd Potter	2.5/5 stars link   
   1999	First Daughter	Dan	(unrated) link   
   2000	Nowhere to Land	AFP Bill Ryan	(unrated) link   
   Allegations of sexual misconduct, arrest, and conviction   
   In March 2010, Sarah Monahan alleged that Hughes, who then was living in   
   Singapore, had engaged in inappropriate sexual behaviour on the set of the Hey   
   Dad..! show. Fellow cast members Ben Oxenbould and Simone Buchanan commented   
   in support of her    
   allegations.[7] On 29 March, police announced the creation of a strike force   
   to investigate Monahan's claims.[8] Monahan said she spent more than 35 hours   
   testifying to police.[9] In September 2010, six months after the allegations   
   were published, it was    
   reported that more than 100 people had been interviewed. Police had not yet   
   spoken to Hughes and were weighing up whether a formal interview would take   
   place.[10]   
      
   In an interview broadcast on Channel Nine's A Current Affair on 14 March 2011,   
   a niece of Hughes's claimed that she had also been molested by him.[11]   
   Hughes's daughter rejected the allegations and questioned why these   
   accusations had not been raised    
   earlier.[12]   
      
   A mother of a victim later said: "We first went to [New South Wales] police   
   about Hughes in 1988 when my daughter was nine years old" and says she was   
   told by the investigating detective "I've tried to get this guy but every time   
   I do someone covers for    
   him".[13] NSW Police had interviewed Hughes about claims of sexual abuse as   
   early as 1985.[14]   
      
   Hughes was arrested in London in August 2012 and the New South Wales   
   government sought his extradition to Australia. He was granted bail and a   
   hearing was held on 19 September 2012.[15] At that hearing, Hughes indicated   
   that he intended to return to    
   Australia for questioning.[16] After being extradited to Australia, Hughes was   
   charged with 11 counts of child sexual abuse and released on bail.[17]   
      
   His trial started on 10 February 2014, at Downing Centre District Court where   
   he pleaded not guilty to eleven charges.[18] In April 2014, the jury found   
   Hughes guilty of two counts of sexual assault, seven counts of indecent   
   assault[19] and one count of    
   committing an indecent act. A final charge, relating to an indecent act with a   
   child under the age of sixteen, resulted in a hung jury. No outcome was   
   recorded in relation to this charge.[20]   
      
   On 16 May 2014, Hughes was sentenced to 10 years and 9 months' imprisonment   
   with a minimum non-parole period of 6 years. His earliest date of eligibility   
   for release will be in April 2020 when he will be aged 71.[1] After   
   sentencing, Hughes was sent to    
   Goulburn Correctional Centre, where his fellow inmates doused him in excreta   
   upon his arrival, despite his being in protective custody.[21] Prison   
   officials constructed a wall of wire screening to deflect further attacks upon   
   Hughes's person.[22]   
      
   Hughes appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal, but his appeal was rejected   
   on 21 December 2015.[23] The court did, however, mandate that Hughes's   
   allegations of physical abuse in prison be referred to the Minister for   
   Justice and the Commissioner for    
   Corrective Services.[23] On 18 January 2016, Hughes lodged an appeal with the   
   High Court of Australia.[24] Hughes has since lost his High Court challenge to   
   child sex convictions.[25]   
      
   References   
      
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