Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes is due to arrive in Sydney on Thursday following his extradition from the UK.
- Robert Hughes extradited to Australia
- NSW police accompanied him as he flew out from London
- Faces 11 allegations of sexual and indecent assault of children
FORMER Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes was "pretty stressed and worried'' as he boarded a plane to Australia to face multiple sex assault allegations against children, his lawyer says.
Flanked by three NSW Police officers, Mr Hughes walked through Heathrow Airport's terminal 2 wearing a shirt and dark jacket with a newspaper tucked under his arm.
He boarded the 9.30pm Qantas flight to Sydney. He declined to speak to waiting media.
Lawyer Greg Walsh, acting for Hughes, said his client and his family have found themselves in a very stressful situation.
"When I spoke to him before he got on board, I think he was pretty stressed, pretty worried, as any human being would be in that situation,'' he told reporters in Sydney today.
Robert Hughes prepares to board a flight as he is extradited to Australia from the UK at Heathrow Airport, London. Picture: AAP
Mr Walsh said he didn't know when he could meet with Hughes because his attempts to make arrangements with police and the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions had so far been unsuccessful.
"The police are not responding to a series of letters - I've sent a number of letters - and there's been no acknowledgment,'' he said.
"They won't indicate where I can have the opportunity of meeting my client and speaking with him, conferring with him as you'd expect.''
Actor Robert Hughes, star of the classic Aussie sitcom 'Hey Dad!', has been extradited from London to face child sex abuse charges. Picture: Channel 9
In a brief extradition hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court last month, Mr Hughes said he was keen to sort out the charges against him and clear his name.
However it took several weeks before the paper work was signed for his formal extradition.
The 63-year-old former actor was arrested at his luxury home in central London in August for 11 alleged sexual and indecent assaults of five children in Australia between 1985 and 1990.
Hughes had been placed on strict bail conditions and provided more than $88,000 in surety. The conditions were that he not be left alone with anyone under the age of 16, stay away from airports, ports or London's Eurostar train station, abide by an 8pm-6am indoors curfew and wear an electronic tag.
He spent one night at Wandsworth Prison while he arranged the surety but then remained in his apartment for the next three months as the legal wheels turned.
Mr Walsh said Hughes emphatically denied all the allegations and would vigorously defend them.
"I would hope that the judicial system would be able to deal with the matter in due course without, hopefully, the intense media scrutiny that the case has attracted,'' he said.
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