Glitter faces dying behind bars as he gets 16 years’ jail

Former glam rock star Gary Glitter faces dying behind bars after being jailed for 16 years for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

The 70-year-old, real name Paul Gadd, was told there was no evidence he had atoned for his actions as he was sentenced for one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault.

Glitter showed no reaction after he was sentenced at London’s Southwark Crown Court.

However, he could face fresh charges as Scotland Yard confirmed it had received more information since the convictions which is “currently being assessed”.

Sentencing the singer, Judge Alistair McCreath said: “I have read the victim impact statements of all three victims. It is clear, in their different ways, they were all profoundly affected by your abuse of them.”

Glitter was at the height of his fame when he attacked two girls, aged 12 and 13, after inviting them backstage. His youngest victim was younger than 10 years old when he tried to rape her in 1975.

Glitter suffered a spectacular fall from grace in 1999 when he admitted possessing 4,000 child pornography images and was jailed for four months.

In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.