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Gary Glitter Released Halfway Through Sentence

Pedophile Former Pop Star
Sent Back to Prison

UPDATED

Mar 13, 2023 6:30 PM CDT

Pedophile Former Pop Star Sent Back to Prison

Video surfaced of Gary Glitter using smartphone, asking about dark web

(Newser) - Freedom didn't last long for Paul Gadd, the British sex offender better known as Gary Glitter. The 79-year-old former pop star was recalled to prison on Monday, less than six weeks after he was automatically freed halfway through a 16-year sentence for abusing young girls in the 1970s, the...

An Unemotional Gary Glitter Is Handed His Sentence

Feb 27, 2015 10:01 AM CST

An Unemotional Gary Glitter Is Handed His Sentence

Former pop star sentenced to 16 years in sex abuse case

(Newser) - Former pop star Gary Glitter today received a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. The 70-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, showed no response as he was sentenced in London. He had been found guilty earlier this month of...

Gary Glitter Guilty of
Historical Sex Offenses

Feb 5, 2015 10:39 AM CST

Gary Glitter Guilty of Historical Sex Offenses

Former glam-rock singer faces life in prison

(Newser) - Former glam rocker Gary Glitter was today found guilty of historical sex abuse involving three children. He was convicted of six counts related to the 1975 attempted rape of an 8-year-old girl, sex with a 12-year-old girl two years later, and an encounter with another victim who was under age...

Yet Another
BBC Host
Cops to
Sex Abuse

May 2, 2013 4:30 AM CDT

Yet Another BBC Host Cops to Sex Abuse

Stuart Hall, 83, admits to assaulting 13 victims

(Newser) - BBC idols continue to tumble in a continuing sex abuse investigation that's forcing the broadcaster to report on itself . The latest disgraced icon: Radio personality Stuart Hall, 83, who has admitted to 14 charges of indecent assault against girls. The youngest of his 13 victims was just nine years...

Gary Glitter
Arrested in BBC
Sex Abuse Scandal

Oct 28, 2012 7:29 AM CDT

Gary Glitter Arrested in BBC Sex Abuse Scandal

Sex offender reportedly in custody as scandal spreads

(Newser) - The sex abuse scandal that has been roiling the BBC, involving longtime children's host Jimmy Savile, has spilled over to a more notorious sex offender: Rocker Gary Glitter has been arrested this morning by London police, reports the AP , citing British media. He reportedly remains in custody. Police have...

Ad's Choice
of Song Sparks Debate on Artists' Lives

ANALYSIS

Oct 31, 2008 3:49 PM CDT

Ad's Choice of Song Sparks Debate on Artists' Lives

HP yanks tune by pedophile Gary Glitter

(Newser) - HP's decision to change an ad because it featured a song by convicted child molester Gary Glitter has Charlie Moran in Advertising Age wondering about how far we should go in drawing the line between the artist and his art. The ad for the TouchSmart PC drew complaints because it...

Glitter Must Register
as Sex Offender in UK

Aug 22, 2008 4:29 PM CDT

Glitter Must Register as Sex Offender in UK

Judges makes order after rocker returns from Vietnam prison stint for pedophilia

(Newser) - A judge has ordered pedophile rocker Gary Glitter to sign Britain’s sex offenders’ registry within 3 days now that he’s back in the country, the Press Association reports. Glitter reluctantly returned to the UK after being released from a Vietnamese prison, after serving time on underage-sex charges. The...

Pedophile Pop Star Holes Up
in Airport Hotel

Aug 20, 2008 8:46 AM CDT

Pedophile Pop Star Holes Up in Airport Hotel

Facing crackdown in London, Glitter hunkers down in Bangkok

(Newser) - Former rock star Gary Glitter, released after 27 months in a Vietnamese prison for molesting two children, is in a Bangkok airport hotel after refusing to continue his journey to London. Glitter, whose Rock & Roll Part Two remains a rock staple, is complaining about untreated heart and hearing problems,...