ACTOR Robert Hughes will arrive in Sydney within hours to answer child sex abuse allegations dating back to the 1980s, when he was a Hey Dad! television star.
Hughes, 64, boarded Qantas flight QF2 at London's Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney via Singapore on Tuesday night.
His flight was due to land in Sydney at 6.50am (AEDT) on Thursday.
Lawyer Greg Walsh, acting for Hughes, said it would be an anxious plane ride.
"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 on Wednesday.
Hughes consented to an order sought by Australia's attorney-general that he return to Sydney for questioning in relation to claims made by five people.
A warrant, signed by Britain's home secretary, outlines 11 accusations dating between 1984 and 1990, which coincides with the actor's starring role in the hit family sitcom Hey Dad!.
Hughes has not been charged and has been on bail since his arrest in London in August.
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.
According to Mr Walsh, Hughes was being escorted by three police officers and will be taken to the Sydney Police Centre upon his return to Australia.
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