Worcester Crown Court today dropped the remaining charges pending against singer-songwriter Roy Harper.
Harper, 74, best known to Pink Floyd fans as guest vocalist on the band’s “Have a Cigar,” had been acquitted by a jury of two sex crime charges earlier this year. The five remaining charges were dropped today.
“This case should never have gone as far as this, or taken so long to resolve,” Harper told the Guardian. “The psychological and personal cost to my wife and myself has been enormous and the financial cost hugely unfair. I lost my livelihood and I spent my savings, and more, on my defense.”
“Despite coming out of this without a blemish on my name, I cannot recoup my costs and that’s left me incredibly angry.”
