Glitter facing seven years on child abuse charges

Faded British rocker Gary Glitter faces up to seven years in a Vietnamese prison if found guilty of child abuse charges this week in southern Vietnam.

His two-day trial on charges of committing lewd acts with two girls, aged 10 and 11, begins tomorrow in closed session at the courthouse in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. The crime carries a prison sentence ranging from three to seven years.