Gary Glitter denies eight historical sex offence charges in court

Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight charges of historical sexual offences against a girl aged between eight and 11, entering the pleas at Southwark Crown Court on September 2.

The singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is 82 and appeared by video link from prison. He denied four charges of indecent assault of a girl under 13, two counts of sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and two counts of indecency with a child under 13.

According to BBC News, he replied that he was "absolutely not guilty" to two of the charges before repeating "not guilty" to the remaining six. All eight counts relate to the same complainant, and the alleged incidents took place between March 1978 and December 1981.

The prosecution case is that Gadd gave the girl chocolate and invited her to his home in West London, where the offences are said to have happened.

The allegations were first reported to the Metropolitan Police in January last year, and Gadd was interviewed six months after that. He was initially charged in July with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault of a girl under 14, and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court last month, where he denied the allegations and said he did not know the complainant.

Judge Tony Baumgartner remanded Gadd in custody and adjourned proceedings ahead of a three-week trial set to start in November 2027.

Gadd had 1970s hits including "Rock And Roll (Parts One And Two)" and "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)," a run that has been unplayable for decades. He is already serving a 16-year sentence handed down after a 2015 conviction for sexual offences against three schoolgirls, and the new case is filed alongside the rest of the rock court reporting on this site.