Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to repeated sexual abuse of girl in 1970s and 1980s

Former pop star replied 'absolutely not guilty' to two of the eight charges, and repeated 'not guilty' to the remaining six

A court sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Gary Glitter, right, with his solicitor, appearing via a videolink from HMP Channing Wood at Southwark Crown Court, south London, charged with sex offences against a girl dating back to 1978. 

Former pop star Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11.

Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is accused of offences against the girl between 1978 and 1981, after allegedly giving her chocolate and inviting her to his home in Kensington and Chelsea, west London.