Posted on 11/21/2005 12:45:27 PM PST by Borges
Gary Glitter could face death by firing squad after he was accused of having sex with a girl aged just 12, Vietnamese police have said.
Glitter allegedly had sex with a 12-year-old girl Two girls, aged 12 and 18, told police they had sex with the former singer - real name Paul Francis Gadd - at his rented home in the southern resort of Vung Tau in Vietnam.
Under Vietnamese law, sexual contact with a minor carries varying degrees of penalties, depending on the charge.
"Obscene acts with a child can lead to up to 12 years in prison while child rape carries the maximum penalty of death before a firing squad," a Vietnamese police officer said.
"Having sex with a 12-year-old girl, regardless of whether he had her consent, is still considered child rape under Vietnamese law".
The 61-year-old former singer was arrested two days ago at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City as he tried to flee the country.
He left his rented home in Vung Tau a week ago amid allegations about his relationships with two teenage girls.
Glitter has been taken back to Vung Tau for further investigation by the police.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of the arrest of a British national and consular support is being provided."
Glitter was convicted in Britain in 1999 of possessing child pornography and served half of a four-month jail sentence before being released.
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Statutory.
Surprisingly enough, the feds have never banned the death penalty for child rape. The SCOTUS has left the issue open, and the 5th Circuit hasn't ruled on the issue.
D'ohh! < headsmack >
Gotta brush up on my 70s Glam Rock trivia.
wasn't there some kid from ohio about 10-15 years ago who was being caned for destroying property there... or was it another country
Didn't see it until you pinged me. Sounds like a plan to me. The US waaaaay underuses the death penalty. I'm a pro-death penalty type. For murder, rape, child molestation, arson that kills anyone, kidnapping - punishment should be death. And not after 15 or 20 years. And hanging or firing squad is just fine.
For someone facing certain death, it gives them a chance to repent of their crime, which helps them in their next life. Plus the earth is freed of their presence.
I was thinking more along the lines of individual states (and not the SCOTUS)having decided to reduce the maximum penalty for rape from execution...because doing so would remove the incentive that the perp might otherwise have to kill his rape victim.
Singapore
This would explain why Michael Jackson fled to Bahrain rather than Vietnam.
These creeps NEVER change. We cannot rehab them. They will always be perverts.
Kill them up front and be done with it.
Only if it is not a cousin????
Don't buy into the made-up theories of the liberals. Compare the murder stats from the present with those from the era before the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for ordinary rape. Then compare the rape stats for the same two eras. Murder rates didn't go down as the rape numbers went through the roof. I dug out the stats last time I had this discussion with someone several years ago, but I don't know if I'm disposed to re-do the research tonight.
who is this guy?
He made that annoying "stadium rock" song that goes: "na na na na - HEY!"
If you are a good little sheeple, you would sing along and clap at football games.
oh, ok.
Lots of people have done Pa Pa Ooh Mow Mow over the years. The Beach Boys were doing it as part of their stage act in 1964.
Example: Queen could have done nothing else except write "We Will Rock You" and still made it big.
Interesting you mention Queen. The first single released by May, Mercury, and Taylor (the three singers in Queen) was under the name "Larry Lurex" as a spoof of Gary Glitter's name.
Then it depends; it might be statutory rape, some degree of sexual assault, or something else, depending on the specifics.
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