Gary Glitter has been found guilty of a string of child sex offences.
The 70-year-old, real name Paul Gadd, was convicted of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13.
Glitter raised his eyebrows and looked shocked in the dock as the verdicts were read.
He blew kisses to a public gallery full of reporters as he was remanded in custody and led down to the cells.
Judge Alistair McCreath told him: ‘In light of verdicts, I am remanding him in custody.’
He will be sentenced on February 27.
The singer was accused of attempting to rape a schoolgirl under the age of ten when he crept into her bed in 1975.
He was charged with four counts of indecently assaulting another girl when she was under the age of 13 in 1977.
Additionally, he faced one count of plying the girl with alcohol with the intention to ‘stupefy or overpower’ her to have sex with him between January and May 1977, and a further count of unlawful intercourse with her – an offence which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
In connection with a third complainant, who was under the age of 13, the 70-year-old was charged with two counts of indecent assault between October 1979 and December 1980.
After the two-week trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court, the jury of seven women and five men retired yesterday to consider its verdicts.
Gary Glitter found guilty of child sex offences
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