GARY Glitter faces the rest of his life behind bars after being found guilty
of a string of sickening sex offences on three young girls.
And it emerged detectives are investigating fresh allegations involving more
victims today as he was convicted of six offences including the attempted
rape of an eight-year-old girl.
The former glam rocker shook his head as a jury returned guilty verdicts at
Southwark Crown Court this afternoon.
The 70-year-old was convicted of creeping into an eight-year-old’s bed and
trying to rape her at a house party 40 years ago.
He molested a 14-year-old fan in his dressing room – kissing her then putting
his hand up her skirt in the late 1970s.
The shamed star also indecently assaulted a “starstruck” 12-year-old
fan in his Holiday Inn hotel and had unlawful sex with the girl.
That offence carries a maximum jail sentence of life.
Judge Alistair McCreath remanded Glitter in custody.
Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, showed no remorse to his victims as he blew
kisses to the court while being led to the cells.
As he was taken down Glitter handed over his expensive watch and mobile phone
to a lawyer.
Glitter was convicted of six offences – one count of attempted rape, four
counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl
under the age of 13.
The jury found him not guilty of plying a 12-year-old girl with alcohol to
have sex with her and two indecent assaults.
The I’m the Leader of the Gang singer will be sentenced later this month.
He is now the fifth high-profile celeb to be convicted as part of Operation
Yewtree in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Serial paedophile Glitter was previously jailed for four months for having
4,000 vile child sex images on his laptop in 1999.
He fled Britain but was expelled from Cambodia in 2002 over unspecified
allegations, and in 2006 he was jailed for three years in Vietnam for
molesting two young girls aged ten and 11.
During the Southwark trial, all three of Glitter’s victims sobbed as they
recounted their ordeals from decades ago.
The rocker, of Marylebone, central London, denied all the allegations and
accused his victims of lying.
After today’s verdicts, Peter Watt of children’s charity the NSPCC said:
“Glitter was devious and manipulative throughout this trial. Thankfully the
jury has seen through all the fake tears, and his attempts to paint his
victims as liars, gold diggers or opportunistic fantasists.
“He tried to portray himself as the victim in this case, as a remorseful,
penitent man who had paid for his previous crimes but now faced malicious
new allegations. It was just another performance.
“At the height of his fame, he targeted vulnerable children and subjected them
to sickening sexual attacks. Glitter recalled at his trial the screaming
fans outside his home and at airports in the 1970s.
“He used the adoration of fans like these to violate young girls and satisfy
his perversions..
“The bravery of the women who told the court of their traumatic
experiences means Glitter’s dirty sham performance is now over and justice
will finally be done.”
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Orchard of Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree
said: “Paul Gadd has shown himself to be a habitual sexual predator who took
advantage of the star status afforded to him by targeting young girls who
trusted him and were in awe of his fame.
“His lack of remorse and defence that the victims were lying makes his crimes
all the more indefensible.
“I am pleased that the jury were able to see through this.”
He added that he wanted to thank the victims for their bravery in coming
forward and speaking out about their ordeals.