Former pop star Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years for child sex offences

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Former British pop singer Gary Glitter, who shot to fame in the 1970s as a "glam-rock" star but was later convicted of child sex crimes, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of indecently assaulting three girls.

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.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/27/britain-glitter-idUSL5N0W13B820150227

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LONDON Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:36am EST

[skamaria]

1. All that glitters is not gold

N/T

[Nye Bevan]

2. Everytime "Rock and Roll Part 2" (aka the "Hey" song) is played, this guy gets a royalty.

Something was missing when the National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators played their first home game of the 2014-2015 season on Sept. 25: Gary Glitter. Previously, each time the team scored a goal, the Bridgestone Arena played a snippet of Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” -- a.k.a. “The Hey Song,” with its rolling beat and chant-along “Hey!” that has become a sports staple in the U.S.

But like many teams, the Predators may not have realized until recently that their use of the song was earning royalties for a man convicted of two child-sex offenses and accused of several more.

Glitter, 70 (real name: Paul Francis Gadd), was briefly a superstar in his native England during the glam-rock era of the early 1970s, with 10 U.K. Top 10 hits between 1972 and 1975, including three No. 1s; “Rock and Roll Part 2” was his biggest U.S. hit, peaking at No. 7 in 1972. But more recently, he served nearly three years in prison in Vietnam after being convicted in 2006 of sex offenses with girls aged 10 and 11; in 1997 he served four months in Britain after child pornography was discovered on his computer. He has been accused of other child-sex offenses, most recently in Britain in June, when he was charged with eight counts of sexual offenses against girls between the ages of 12 and 14 related to the investigation of late, longtime BBC host Jimmy Savile’s history of rampant sexual abuse, primarily against young people.
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Nevertheless, “Rock and Roll Part 2” -- which Glitter co-wrote with producer Mike Leander -- still generates about $250,000 in annual performance royalties, a source told Billboard. Glitter’s low profile in the United States, along with the song’s largely instrumental nature -- it’s little more than a beat, a riff and a “Hey!” -- lead few Americans connect it with anything or anyone except sporting events and athletes.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6273999/why-convicted-child-sex-offender-gary-glitters-hey

Expect to hear this played less and less at sporting events.

[ripcord]

3. Good thing he isn't a movie director

Instead of going to jail he would have been nominated for an Oscar.