Former pop star Gary Glitter has been charged with four sexual offences against a girl dating back to 1978. <\/p>\n
The 82-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is charged with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14, Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said. <\/p>\n
Bethan David, deputy chief crown prosecutor at CPS London, said: “This follows allegations made by a woman relating to a period of alleged abuse that took place between 1978 and 1981. <\/p>\n
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to do so. <\/p>\n
“We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police as they have carried out their investigation into the allegations.” <\/p>\n
Glitter, of HMP Channings Wood, will appear at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court in central London on 5 August. <\/p>\n
The Metropolitan Police said the allegations were first reported to the force on 9 January last year and the former glam rock singer was interviewed on 22 July 2025 in relation to the investigation. <\/p>\n
“The victim is currently being supported by specialist officers and they have been made aware of this update,” the force said. <\/p>\n
The Met said: “The charges relate to one victim, and the offences are alleged to have taken place between the years of 1978-1981 at a residential address in Kensington.” <\/p>\n
It added: “The victim is currently being supported by specialist officers, and they have been made aware of this update.” <\/p>\n
Glitter was one of the biggest stars of his time, selling 18 million records in five years in the early 1970s and enjoyed transatlantic success with a string of hits including Rock And Roll (Parts One And Two), I\u2019m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) and Do You Wanna Touch Me. <\/p>\n
But the glam era was short, and as it fizzled out Glitter found himself bankrupt by the end of the decade, and despite a series of comebacks his final UK top 40 hit was in 1984 with Another Rock And Roll Christmas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former pop star Gary Glitter has been charged with four sexual offences against a girl dating back to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-529705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}