Glitter on suicide watch after payments

Shamed former popstar Gary Glitter has been put on suicide watch after Vietnamese police officials warned him his attempts to pay off alleged child sex abuse victims would not aid his case.

The 61-year-old, real name Paul Francis Gadd, paid $2,000 (€1,600) for the legal "co-operation" of the families of two Vietnamese girls he stands accused of sexually abusing, according to his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh.