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Disgraced English pop star and convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is set to be released from prison in the coming weeks after serving just half of his 16 year sentence for sexually abusing three young girls, according to a report. Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, could be freed as early as February for his model behavior, a Ministry of Justice source told The Sun. The depraved 78-year-old rose to prominence as a glam-rock star in the 1970s and 80s known for his wild live performances, but fell from grace after he was convicted of downloading child pornography in 1999. According to...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - British glam rock star Gary Glitter, convicted of child pornography offences in Britain in 1999, has returned to Cambodia, officials said on Wednesday, putting the government in a quandary about what to do with him. Glitter -- whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd -- turned up a week ago in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh where he has been staying as a tourist at an unidentified guest house. "He has been in town since last week," an interior ministry spokesman told Reuters. "We are trying to locate him. If we find him, we will need...

The students’ union at Maynooth University has described a postcard it received this morning, which compares those who support gay marriage with people who have been convicted of sexual abuse and pedophilia, as “sick”. The postcard calls for a No vote in the same sex marriage referendum in May. It states that Jimmy Savile, Gary Glitter and Rolf Harris all propagated Homosexual marriage and it calls itself the “No Way is Ireland Gay” campaign. The college voted this afternoon on whether or not to raise a Pride flag on the campus in support of equality. …

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.”...

I lived in the UK for almost a decade and became quite familiar with Jimmy S. He was, supposedly, an upstanding member of the country and was known for his 'charity work'. Quite frankly......hope he rots in hell. Oh, and I may add....he's UGLY AS MUD....with a narcissistic complex to boot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC4JNrybKo www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBC4JNrybKo

DISGRACED 1970s British pop star Gary Glitter will be considered for early release from a Vietnamese prison next month, a jail official said yesterday. Glitter, 62, was sentenced to three years last March, for obscene acts with two girls, 11 and 12. He is on a list to be considered for a presidential amnesty to mark the lunar new year's celebrations next month. "Glitter has respected the jail's regulations, and his re-education is quite good," the official said. Born Paul Francis Gadd, he will have served a third of his term, including time before his trial.

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Thursday turned down an appeal by former British rock star Gary Glitter against child molestation charges and ordered him to serve a three-year jail sentence and deportation. An appeals court judge in the People's Supreme Court of communist-run Vietnam announced the decision in Ho Chi Minh City after a one-day hearing that was closed to the public and the media. Under Vietnam law, Glitter, 62, may petition the president of the Supreme Court to review the charges and sentence again, a court official said. Glitter, who rose to fame...

Defiant Glitter loses sex crimes appeal By Sebastien Berger in Ho Chi Minh City(Filed: 16/06/2006)Shouting his defiance, the former rock star Gary Glitter was bundled away to a Vietnamese prison yesterday after losing his appeal against child obscenity convictions.The singer, real name Paul Gadd, was convicted earlier this year of committing obscene acts against two 11-year-old girls and sentenced to three years in jail.   Gary Glitter arrives at the appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City   He appealed against both verdicts and his sentence, but the appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City dismissed his petition after...

Click for Pedophile Sentencing Theme Glitter jailed for abusing girls Former British rock star Gary Glitter has been jailed for three years after a Vietnamese court found him guilty of sexually abusing two young girls. BBC NEWS Friday, 3 March 2006 The court found that Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, had molested the girls, aged 11 and 12, at his home in the resort town of Vung Tau, southern Vietnam. The 61-year-old, who insisted he was innocent, said the "unbelievable" verdict was part of a "conspiracy". On his release, he will be deported and could face more charges in Britain....

BA RIA, Vietnam (AFP) - A Vietnamese court has convicted former British glam rocker Gary Glitter of sexually abusing two underage Vietnamese girls and sentenced him to three years in prison. The faded 1970s pop star, born Paul Francis Gadd, was found guilty of "committing obscene acts with children" -- two girls aged 11 and 12 -- last year in the South China Sea resort town of Vung Tau. Glitter, 61, will be deported from the communist country after serving out his sentence, the three-member panel of judges at the Ba Ria Vung Tau Provincial People's Court ruled. "The defendant...

THERE was no big hair, platform shoes, silver lame suit or placard-waving fans, but Gary Glitter was still mobbed as he stepped back into the spotlight, to face charges of child sexual abuse, in southern Vietnam yesterday. The 61-year-old former glam rocker flashed the victory sign and called out "I'm innocent" as he fought his way into a very different arena, the People's Provincial Court of Ba Ria. Glitter's music never made it to armed services radio in Vietnam in the 1970s, which favoured the Doors. But he's known here now. The arrest of Glitter on charges of committing obscenities...

Hanoi (dpa) - Fallen glam rock god Gary Glitter will go on trial March 2 in southern Vietnam on charges of molesting two Vietnamese girls, a court official said Monday. The 61-year-old former singer, whose hits include Rock and Roll (Part 2), is accused of molesting two girls, ages 11 and 12. An international pariah since his 1999 conviction in Britain for child pornography, he now faces three to seven years in prison if convicted of "lewd acts with minors." The trial, originally scheduled to take place this week before being postponed for unnamed reasons, was expected to last two...

The former rock star Gary Glitter has paid more than £2,000 to the families of two under-age Vietnamese girls he is accused of sexually abusing, his lawyer has confirmed. Glitter gave £1,100 each to the families of the 11 and 12-year-old girls he allegedly had sex with, the lawyer said. The families, who were paid two weeks ago in US dollars, had originally asked for £5,600 and £3,000. Last week both families wrote letters to the court asking for the case against the 70s’ star to be dropped. The payments have been condemned as "shameful" by justice campaigners. Stephen Jakobi,...

EXCLUSIVE Do anything to cut my sentence ... I'll pay cash Vile ... Glitter     By SIMON HUGHES TWISTED Gary Glitter will do “anything” to evade child-sex charges, The Sun can reveal. The admission was made yesterday by the vile paedophile’s Vietnamese lawyer Le Thanh Kinh. He was explaining why the former glam rock star has paid £1,175 bribes to the poverty-stricken families of two young girls who accused him of rape. The allegations have been DROPPED since the payments were made. Mr Kinh said: “Gary Glitter told me to do anything to reduce the sentence and said he...

VUNG TAU, Vietnam -- On warm nights in this seaside resort, neighbors say the British foreigner would sing in his backyard — sometimes for friends, sometimes alone, but always very loudly. Once upon a time, Gary Glitter sang to millions as he pranced and strutted in his metallic jumpsuits as one of the shining stars during Britain's glam rock era in the 1970s. But Glitter, 61, has fallen a long way since his days on top of the charts, dogged by rumors of his predilection for very young girls since his conviction in London in 1999 for possessing child pornography....

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...

JULY 21--Meet Patrick Tribett. The Ohio man was nabbed yesterday morning for "abusing harmful intoxicants" as he attempted to make a purchase at Bellaire's Dollar General Store. The 41-year-old Tribett, it seems, had been huffing spray paint and needed a refill. According to a Bellaire Police Department report, Tribett's pupils were constricted and he replied slowly to their questions. Oh, and "officers observed the paint on face and hands," as can be seen in the below mug shot. Tribett, who was previously busted for assault, domestic violence, and inhaling harmful intoxicants, was booked into the Belmont County Sheriff's Office...