Editing Robert Hughes (section)

===Arrest and conviction===
On 29 March 2010, Australian police launched Strike Force Ruskin, a taskforce created to investigate the claims against Hughes. After over 100 interviews with cast members and alleged victims, police announced their intent to prosecute Hughes for sexual and indecent assault. On 9 August 2012, Hughes was arrested by the Metropolitan Police after arriving in London. He was extradited to Australia on 28 September to face trial for 11 counts of child sexual abuse. In May 2014 he was convicted on ten counts (the jury failed to reach a verdict on the final count) and sentenced to 10 years and nine months in prison with a non-parole period of six years.

Upon arriving in prison, Hughes was pelted with urine and faeces by other inmates, forcing guards to erect a screen in front of his cell. He appealed his conviction, but his appeal was rejected. Hughes later renounced his Australian citizenship so that he could be deported to Britain upon being paroled, only for parole to be denied in March 2020 on the grounds that allowing him to be sent to Britain without supervision would pose a risk to the safety of children.
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