In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia amid reports of sex crime allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam and spent two-and-a-half years in jail. His fall from grace began in the late 1990s after he admitted possessing 4,000 child pornography images and was jailed for four months Glitter found fame in the 1970s as part of the glam rock boom, scoring massive international hits with I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am), I Love You Love Me Love and Hello Hello, I'm Back Again. He later lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction. The court heard there was no evidence Glitter had atoned for his actions after he was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault. Gary Glitter rape survivor breaks down into tears at pop paedo's prison release news. (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster/) Read More Related Articles He said it was "difficult to overstate the gravity of this dreadful behaviour" when referring to the assault on one victim, telling Glitter he was able to attack another "only" because of his fame.Īfter being released from a Vietnamese jail in 2008, he was deported back to Britain. Sentencing the singer, Judge Alistair McCreath said all the victims were "profoundly affected" by the abuse. The allegations only came to light nearly 40 years later when Glitter became the first person to be arrested under Operation Yewtree - the investigation launched by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. His third victim was less than 10 years old when he crept into her bed and tried to rape her in 1975. He attacked two girls, aged 12 and 13, after inviting them backstage to his dressing room, and isolating them from their mothers. Brit monsters who could have last Xmas in jail and walk free in 2023 – like Gary Glitter.Gary Glitter 'will take lie detector tests' to prove he's not reoffending when released. The co-creator of over a dozen chart hits is reportedly sitting on a massive fortune (Image: Press Association) Read More Related Articles
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