Former UK pop star Gary Glitter charged with non-recent sexual offences

submitted 2 days ago by

morysal@lemmy.world

https://www.reuters.com/world/former-uk-pop-star-gary-glitter-charged-with-non-recent-sexual-offences-2026-07-02/

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Lucky_Acid@lemmy.world

2 days ago

They really never change.

Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.com

2 days ago

It’s always who you expect the least isn’t it

Photonic@lemmy.world

2 days ago

I feel like this was already common knowledge? Maybe he was never charged

nymnympseudonym@piefed.social

1 day ago

Gadd ‌is ⁠serving a 16-year prison sentence imposed in 2015 after he was convicted of sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. He was released on licence in 2023 but recalled to prison weeks later ⁠for breaching licence conditions. He was first jailed in 1999 for possession of child pornography and later 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.

I’m not seeing the image of a man whose deep contrition has changed him here

Photonic@lemmy.world

1 day ago

Right, thanks. So these are new charges.

Guess I’m also pretty busted right now for not reading past the headline…

borkborkbork@piefed.social

2 days ago

yeah long overdue

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