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Glitter, 70, whose real name is Paul Gadd, rose to prominence
with the hit song "Rock and Roll", and became renowned for his
figure-hugging shiny silver jump suits and platform shoes.
But his reputation was destroyed after he served two months in
jail in 1999 for possession of child pornography, the first of
several convictions.
Earlier this month, he was found guilty in a London court 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.
Sentencing Glitter on Friday, Judge Alistair McCreath said the
star had abused his fame and caused deep harm to his victims.
"It is difficult to overstate the depravity of this dreadful
behavior," he said at Southwark Crown Court.
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.
After his conviction in 1999, Gadd, who had denied the latest
charges, had 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.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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