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Glitter guilty

Updated on 03 March 2006

By Bridgid Nzekwu

Gary Glitter is jailed for 3 years for child sex offences in Vietnam but claims he was the victim of a conspiracy.


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The former British glam rock star Gary Glitter has been jailed for three years for molesting two girls at his villa in southern Vietnam.

The vietnamese court found that Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, had molested the girls, aged 10 and 11, at his home in the resort town of Vung Tau.

He could be released by the end of the year and deported back to Britian to face further charges.

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