He told jurors: "I never met my father and I don't know what his name was." The court heard that Glitter was born in May 1944 and spent his early life with his mother in a maternity home for unmarried women. Jurors were told that the softly spoken and "profoundly deaf" singer, who is giving evidence with the help of lip-speak interpreters, has a "medical condition" which means he may need to take breaks throughout the day. "We cross-referenced on the internet just to find out find out their dates etc." He added: "I have been relying on my autobiography to charge my memory a little bit and I believe that is pretty accurate. When asked if it had been easy to precisely recall the dates being referred to - almost 40 years ago the singer said "absolutely not". Get ahead of the day with the morning headlines at 7.30am and Fionnán Sheahan's exclusive take on the day's news every afternoon, with our free daily newsletter.Įnter email address This field is required Sign Up He is also accused of plying the girl with alcohol with the intention to "stupefy or overpower" her to have sex with him between January and May 1977, and a further count of unlawful intercourse with the girl. In relation to a second complainant, he is charged with four counts of indecent assault when she was under the age of 13 in 1977. Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - is accused of one count of attempted rape and another of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 13 in 1975. Referring to the allegations of the girl who claimed he plied her with champagne before having sex with her, the singer told detectives he did not recall the "vague" circumstances from 36 years ago that had been set out. Jurors have already heard that, when arrested by police in July 2013 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, Glitter denied sexually abusing the girls, and said he could not remember the incidents described. Former glam rock singer Gary Glitter has taken to the witness box to give evidence in his trial for a string of historic sex offences against young girls.ĭressed in a navy double-breasted gold-buttoned jacket, black T-shirt, dark glasses, and cream and black patterned scarf, the 70-year-old spoke clearly as he took the affirmation and set his fedora hat aside.
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