Paedophile Rolf Harris 'gives signed cartoons to fellow inmates in jail to win them over'

Paedophile Rolf Harris is reportedly giving fellow inmates at his jail signed cartoons in a bid to win them over.

The disgraced entertainer is reportedly handing the pictures over for free in a bid to keep other lags sweet at HMP Bullingdon, in Oxfordshire, where he is serving five years and nine months for indecent assault on girls as young as seven.

As a high-profile sex offender, he is considered to be at particular risk of attack by other inmates.

Inmates form a line outside the 84-year-old Australian's cell to get one of his sketches, the Sun reports.

He apparently gives the pictures away for nothing - turning down offer of sweets and other gifts.

It comes after Harris was caught up in a jailhouse brawl after a fellow prisoner SPAT at him. He was targeted by a fellow lag as he strolled through the prison.

Harris had been subjected to cries of "nonce" as he passed by a group of prisoners, before one stood up and spat in his direction.

A source said: "There was one prisoner who looks like he wanted to make a name for himself and tried to spit at him.

"It didn't hit, but it got close.

"Then all of a sudden another guy came steaming in and a fight started."

Harris was not involved in the fighting but the source added: "You could see Rolf was shocked by what happened."

News of the brawl broke after it was revealed Harris's lawyers had applied to appeal his 12 convictions for indecent assaults on girls as young as seven.

He was jailed for five years and nine months but will be free in less than three years.