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Gary Glitter Charged with Historic Child Sex Offences

7/2/2026

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Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd) is charged with one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of assault on a girl under 14 for alleged offences from 1978 to 1981.
Police received the allegations on 9 January 2025 and interviewed Glitter on 22 July 2025.
He is being held in HMP Cannings Wood in Devon.
Glitter will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 5 August.

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Story summary

Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd) is charged with one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of assault on a girl under 14 for alleged offences from 1978 to 1981.
Police received the allegations on 9 January 2025 and interviewed Glitter on 22 July 2025.
He is being held in HMP Cannings Wood in Devon.
Glitter will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 5 August.