Gary Glitter

Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a rock and roll singer who had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer during the 1970s. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the 1

Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd, May 8, 1944 in Banbury, Oxfordshire) is a rock and roll singer who had one of the longest chart runs of any solo singer during the 1970s. His success as a live performer lasted well beyond the 1970s, and the chant from his hit Rock and Roll (Part 2) is a perennially popular stadium anthem at sports events, particularly in the United States. Glitter's 1973 number 1 "Leader Of The Gang" also remains one of the better-known songs of its era. He continued to record in the 1980s and 1990s, with his 1984 song Another Rock And Roll Christmas being one of the top 30 Christmas hits of all-time.

In 1999, Glitter was convicted of child pornography offences classifying him as a sex offender under UK law. He has been living in Vũng Tầu in Vietnam since March 2005 and has applied for permanent resident status. Glitter is currently facing charges of statutory rape allegedly involving two underage girls in Vietnam after being arrested on November 19, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City. A variety of press reports have claimed conflicting ages for the girls involved as well as the age of consent in Vietnam.