Former UK pop star Gary Glitter charged with non-recent sexual offences

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - ‌British prosecutors on ​Thursday ​charged former UK pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary ‌Glitter, with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl ⁠aged under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a ‌girl aged under 14.

The ‌charges were linked to alleged sexual offences against a child dating back to 1978, the Crown Prosecution ​Service said in a statement

"This follows allegations made by a woman relating to a period of alleged ⁠abuse that took place between 1978 and 1981," Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor ​Bethan David said.

The 82-year-old shot to fame in the 1970s as a "glam-rock" star before he ​was later repeatedly convicted and ‌jailed for child sex crimes.

Gadd is serving a 16-year prison sentence imposed in 2015 ⁠after he was convicted of sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. He was released on licence in 2023 ⁠but recalled to prison weeks later for breaching licence conditions.

He was ​first jailed in 1999 for possession of child pornography and later moved to Cambodia, but was deported in 2002 due to ‌suspected sex offences.

In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene acts ‌with two girls aged 10 and 11 and sentenced ⁠him to four years ‌in jail. On his ​release he returned to Britain.

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; writing by Muvija M; editing by William ‌James)

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