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27/02/2015
Gary Glitter Sentenced To 16 Years
Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name, Gary Glitter, has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for the sexual abuse of three girls between 1975 and 1980.
Gadd was convicted of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13.
According to a report by the BBC, the 70-year-old former singer showed no emotion when he was sentenced.
Gadd was previously jailed in Vietnam in 2006 for molesting two girls, aged 11 and 12.
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Gadd was convicted of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13.
According to a report by the BBC, the 70-year-old former singer showed no emotion when he was sentenced.
Gadd was previously jailed in Vietnam in 2006 for molesting two girls, aged 11 and 12.
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Glitter loses appeal against jail term
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Stuart Hall Sentenced To 15 Months For Sexually Abusing Girls
Stuart Hall has been sentenced to 15 months in jail on 14 charges of sexually abusing girls. The 83-year-old former BBC broadcaster and presenter, pleaded guilty to the offences, which took place between 1967 and 1985. When charged, Hall had called the allegations against him "pernicious, callous, cruel and above all spurious".
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Gary Glitter Denies Sex Offences Charges
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Suspended sentence for mother who killed son
A mother who killed her son, who had Down’s Syndrome, has been spared a jail sentence. Wendolyn Markcrow, 67, from Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, smothered her son Patrick, 36, with a plastic bag. She had denied murder, but admitted to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Suspended sentence for mother who killed son
A mother who killed her son, who had Down’s Syndrome, has been spared a jail sentence. Wendolyn Markcrow, 67, from Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, smothered her son Patrick, 36, with a plastic bag. She had denied murder, but admitted to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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