Tell them, please," as she was helped from the box still staring at the singer.Īt the summing up yesterday, Mr Justice Butterfield criticised the contract between the pop star's alleged victim and the News of the World. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, claimed that the friendship, which was encouraged by her parents, developed into a sexual relationship with the singer taking her virginity.Īs she gave evidence in the witness box, she broke down in tears and implored Glitter to tell the court what she claimed he had done to her in the early 1980s. She went to the News of the World and claimed that at the age of 14, after eight years of adoration, she had met the chart-topping artist when he invited her on stage and she sang a song with him.
The fan, who is now a mother-of-three, had made the allegations after she read about Glitter's arrest on child porn charges.
Then he smiled as the verdict was greeted by cheers in the public gallery.
#GARY GLITTER DOCUMENTARY TRIAL#
In the earlier trial Glitter, 55, had looked on impassively as the foreman of the jury at Bristol Crown Court cleared him of eight charges of sexual assault on a teenage fan. The defendant succeeded in building up a vast library, filed in different folders and under different headings to be used when he wished, the court heard. It is quite clear that his computer was used virtually exclusively for these purposes." "Often he would be logged on for hours and hours at a time, sometimes continuously for six hours or even 12 hours in his quest for more and more. "The records show that day after day, week after week he spent literally hundreds of hours logged on and seeking out material of the sickest kind," the QC said Mr John Royce, QC, told the court that Glitter had used his equipment to send for web sites apparently set up to disseminate paedophile material. Police later searched Glitter's two homes in London and Somerset and seized further obscene photographs and videos. Glitter was arrested as collected the computer.
#GARY GLITTER DOCUMENTARY PC#
The photographs were discovered on Glitter's laptop computer in November 1997 after he had taken the machine to PC World in Bristol for repairs. As each subsequent charge was put to him, the 55-year-old singer's voice became less clear.
Glitter replied "guilty" in a strong, clear voice after the first count was put to him by the court clerk.
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