Singer Gary Glitter convicted of sex crimes

Source: Washington Post via Associated Press

By Associated Press February 5 at 1:43 PM

LONDON — A British jury on Thursday convicted former glam rock singer Gary Glitter of a string of sex abuse offenses against three young girls in the 1970s.

The 70-year-old Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13.
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The singer was arrested in October 2012 under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation that police launched in the wake of a child abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.

Glitter’s career peaked in the early 1970s. He is best known for “Rock & Roll (Part 2),” a hit in both the U.S. and Britain. He fell into disgrace after being convicted and imprisoned on child abuse charges in Vietnam.

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