Former pop star Gary Glitter gets 16-year jail for child sex offences

February 27, 2015 06:15 pm | Updated 06:15 pm IST - LONDON

Former pop star Gary Glitter has received a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.

The 70-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, showed no response as he was sentenced on Friday.

The singer was arrested in October 2012 under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation British police launched in the wake of a child abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.

Glitter is best known for the hit Rock & Roll (Part 2) , but he fell into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Vietnam.

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