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Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, came to prominence
with the hit "Rock and Roll", and became renowned for his
figure-hugging shiny silver all-in-one suits and platform shoes.
But his reputation was destroyed after he served two months in
jail in 1999 for possession of child pornography. He then moved
to Cambodia, but was deported in 2002 due to suspected sex
offences.
In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene
acts with two girls aged 10 and 11 and sentenced him to four
years in jail. On his release he returned to Britain.
On Thursday he was convicted of attempted rape, four counts of
indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under the age
of 13, all in the 1970s. Gadd, who denied all the charges, will
be sentenced on Feb. 27 at Southwark Crown Court.
"Paul Gadd abused his access to young fans in order to give
himself the opportunities to assault and abuse his victims,"
Chief Crown Prosecutor Baljit Ubhey said in a statement after
the verdict.
Glitter was the first person to be arrested as part of a wider
police investigation into accusations of historical sex offences
by show business personalities triggered by revelations that the
late BBC television presenter Jimmy Savile had been a prolific
sex offender for decades.
The broader investigation, codenamed Operation Yewtree, has led
to the conviction of several former high-profile figures
including veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris and the
country's best-known showbiz publicist, Max Clifford.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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