Posted on 02/05/2015 7:36:38 PM PST by Impala64ssa
Former Glam rock star Gary Glitter faces spending the remainder of his life in prison after being found guilty of a series of child sex offences on three young girls, aged between 8 and 13.
A jury of five men and seven women took two days to convict the flamboyant star, now 70, of six offences, committed in the 1970’s and 1980’s, including the attempted rape of an eight-year-old child and having unlawful sex with a 12-year-old girl, a charge which carries a life sentence.
Judge Alistair McCreath told him: “In light of verdicts, I am remanding him in custody.”
Glitter was cleared of two counts of indecent assault and one count of administering a drug or other thing in order to facilitate sexual intercourse. He will be sentenced on 27 February.
The father of three, whose real name is Paul Gadd, raised his eyebrows and looked shocked when the verdicts were read out. He blew kisses to the public gallery, full of reporters, as he was led down to the cells.
His predatory sexual offences against his child victims, including fans that helped propel him to stardom, went unpunished for 40 years because of the “immunity of fame”, the prosecution said during the trial.
However, that vanished after the singer’s fall from grace when he was found to have a “voracious” appetite for child abuse images. He was convicted in 1999 of building up a library of 4,000 such images, some involving children as young as two.
Later, in 2012, he was arrested as part of the Operation Yewtree investigation, set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal.
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I said I never heard of him.
As far as his 1972 record, we hear tons of music that we never know or care who made it. Besides, I was in the Army then and not keeping up with much music, especially a kind that I have never heard of “Glam rock”.
Hope some drug dealer with a little girl whom he adores gets ahold of this trash.
I always thought how prescient this was when I first heard about his scumbaggery;
Mrs. Slocombe: “I hope this meeting isn’t going to take long. My pussy’s been locked up for eight hours and I’m afraid it’s just not convenient.”
Miss Brahms: “And I’ve got to be back in time for Top of the Pops.”
Mrs. Slocombe: “Oh, do you watch that?”
Miss Brahms: “No, but someone’s got to hold me mum back when Gary Glitter comes on.”
Mrs. Slocombe: “Does she fancy him?”
Miss Brahms: “No. She kicks the set in!”
- Are You Being Served? ( 1974 )
I never heard Part 1 before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpAYBsWcLuM
It’s actually kind of catchy. But he’s REALLY freaky in this video, especially considering his pedophilia.
He should’ve claimed he’s a Muslim and screamed racism.
That sort of crap isn’t worth so long and detailed an article.
That one song is the only thing I remembered of Mr. Glitter when I was told he had been arrested in Viet Nam. At first I wondered if he had not made agreed upon payments to the family and local constabulary but I found out more in the years after that. No. He was just an arrogant and impecunious pedophile. He had hired the 12 year old girl and her brother to take care of his house and the family lived on his “estate.” Actually it was leased and he didn’t pay for his lease. The police and the locals were happy to have him move there because they thought he would bring a lot of money into the country. Apparently he was pretty close to bankrupt at the time.
I played Rock and Roll Part II just 10 minutes ago.
A couple of times. Someone or ones made a financial deal to get him sprung in Viet Nam. Too bad. They should have kept him for his own proper desserts/deserts.
It was the theme song in a movie once about errant knights going from tournament to tournament for prize money. I don’t remember the name.
For those who don’t remember the name of it-”We will, we will ROCK YOU!” It was, as they say, a “catchy tune.”
I thought Queen sang that song?? It segued into “We are the Champions”.
“Persons being guilty of having sex with a 16 year old who is well developed and can pass for 20 is one thing.”
You must be the lawyer for the VA state delegate (Dem of course who ran as an independent after resigning and winning a special election) who impregnated his 17 year old intern, and who now goes to work each day from his jail cell. He just recently filed a bill to allow pornography for inmates.
The Daily News in England has a photo of him onstage with the other pedophile Jimmy Savile. The BBC covered up his crimes. I suspect that Prince Andrew is worried right now.
Again?
I thought this creep was charged at least 20 years ago for the same crimes.
Posession of child porn in 1997, the later child sex charges in Vietnam, now this.
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