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February 2006
Gary Glitter
Trial Date Announced
The
trial of ex-rock star Gary
Glitter
will take place on 2 March 2006, when he
will face charges of committing obscene
acts with two girls, say
officials.
Glitter
- real name Paul Gadd - could face up to
seven years in jail if found guilty of the
offences in Vietnam.
The
two-day trial will be held behind closed
doors because it involves minors, said
judge Hoang Thanh Tung.
The
obscene acts were allegedly committed
against two girls aged 12 and 13 at the
61-year-old's Vung Tau home.
He is
alleged to have fondled and kissed the
girls as well as engaged in other physical
acts.
The
court will decide at a later date whether
photographers and cameramen are to be
allowed to enter the courtroom during the
reading of the verdict, the judge
said.
The
former glam rocker has been in police
custody at a jail near Vung Tau since 19
November 2006 when he was arrested in Ho
Chi Minh City about to board a flight out
of the country.
During
the criminal investigation, police had
considered whether to charge him with
child rape, which carries a maximum
penalty of death, but said prosecutors did
not find sufficient evidence.
In
December 2005, Glitter's lawyer made
compensatory payments to the families of
the girls, who have appealed to the courts
for clemency for Glitter.
Glitter
was convicted of possessing child porn in
Britain in 1999 and served half of a
four-month jail sentence.
He later
went to Cambodia, which permanently
expelled him in 2002.
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