{"id":662299,"date":"2026-06-28T06:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662299\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T06:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:09:25","slug":"gary-glitter-interviewed-by-police-over-fresh-child-sex-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/662299\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Glitter interviewed by police over fresh child sex accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The singer was questioned in prison about alleged offences against a girl under 14 in the late 1970s and early 1980s<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=lbc.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Want LBC stories before everyone else? Set us as your Preferred Source on Google<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Glitter found himself back in jail in February 2023\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"824040\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/824040.webp\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    The singer, 82, was questioned in prison under caution after an allegation was made last January, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Picture:<br \/>\nAlamy<\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter has been interviewed by police about fresh claims of child sex offences. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The glam rock star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-near-death-in-prison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">whose real name is Paul Gadd<\/a>, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The latest claims are of alleged offences against a girl younger than 14 in the late 1970s and early 1980s at an address in Kensington, west London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The singer, 82, was questioned in prison under caution after an allegation was made last January, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-prison-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He is held at a category C HMP Channings Wood in Devon<\/a>, and his current jail term ends in February 2031, when he would be 87. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"> Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-near-death-in-prison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Glitter &#8216;near death&#8217; in prison as inmates say paedophile singer is on his &#8216;last legs&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-bankrupt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Glitter made bankrupt for failing to pay damages to abuse victim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Jury Retires To Consider Verdict In Gary Glitter Historic Sex Abuse Case\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"824041\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/824041.webp\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Glitter was spoken to by specialist detectives in prison and denied the allegations, a source told the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/license\/462775304\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\nGetty<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/metropolitan-police-alleged-hate-crimes-london-protests\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan Police <\/a>said: \u201cA man in his 80s was interviewed under caution in relation to the reported offending&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Cops said the investigation is &#8220;ongoing&#8221; and confirmed the alleged victim is being supported by specialist officers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Glitter was spoken to by specialist detectives in prison and denied the allegations, a source told the Sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">\u201cBut he knows how serious this is and what it could mean for him. He\u2019s very down and fears never tasting freedom again,&#8221; the source told the paper.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"1987 Gary Glitter, recording artist\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"824042\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/824042.webp\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    The glam rock star, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/license\/1138847917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\nGetty<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-near-death-in-prison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He is pretty much on his last legs in jail<\/a> and this could finish him off. But his alleged victim wants justice before he dies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Glitter was first jailed in 1999 for possessing child abuse images.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">He fled to Cambodia after his release in 2002 but was deported amid reports of sex crime accusations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">He was jailed again in March 2006 for two-and-a-half years after being convicted of abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">In 2015 he was put behind bars for 16 years for the historic abuse of three young girls and was released on license halfway through in February 2023.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/news\/gary-glitter-could-be-released-from-jail-within-weeks-following-parole-bid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He was placed back in jail just six weeks later<\/a> after breaching his licence conditions by reportedly trying to browse images of children on the dark web.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbc.co.uk\/crime\/gary-glitter-prison-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">His latest attempt at parole was rejected in June last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">His offences dating back to the 1970s were uncovered as part of Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan Police investigation launched in the wake of the exposure of Jimmy Savile scandal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">Gadd became the first person to be arrested as part of the investigation in October 2012 when he was held at his London home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The singer was questioned in prison about alleged offences against a girl under 14 in the late 1970s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-662299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}