Glitter 'detained for four months' over child sex allegations

Former rock star Gary Glitter will be detained in Vietnam for four months over child sex allegations, news reports said today.

Yesterday, the newly-appointed lawyer for Glitter, 61, said he was seeking his client’s release from detention, and also stated there was no evidence Glitter had sex with Vietnamese minors.

Le Thanh Kinh, managing partner at Ho Chi Minh City-based Le Nguyen Law Office, said he met with Glitter, real name Paul Francis Gadd, and Glitter agreed to retain him as legal counsel.

“All the evidence now is just hearsay. What newspapers reported is just hearsay, but there have not been any medical certificates to prove there was child sex abuse and how it was conducted,” Kinh said.