Gary Glitter ordered to pay half a million pounds to woman he abused
Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay £508,800 to a woman he abused when she was 12 years old.
The disgraced singer was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.
He was released last year but recalled to jail less than six weeks later after breaching his parole conditions.
The woman sued Glitter and now a judge has awarded her compensation after saying she was subjected to abuse “of the most serious kind”.
The court heard she hadn’t worked for decades due to the trauma of being repeatedly raped and “humiliated” by the singer.
The payout includes £381,000 for lost earnings and £7,800 for future therapy.
Her barrister said Glitter’s abuse had a “dramatic and terrible impact” on her work, education and personal life.
“She felt totally ashamed,” said judge Mrs Justice Tipples.
“She would scrub herself in the bath daily and this included, on occasion, using a pumice stone to ‘scrub her face off’, and she did not care what she looked like. The claimant just did not want to look like herself.”
The paedophile is back behind bars after breaching the terms of his parole. Pic: Met Police/PA
Glitter, 80, may have to pay even more as another hearing will consider legal fees and whether interest on the damages is due.
The convicted paedophile – whose real name is Paul Gadd – was released in February 2023 after serving half his sentence.
But he was back behind bars weeks later after reportedly trying to access the dark web and images of children.
Law firm Slater & Gordon said no amount of money could make up for the abuse but it went some way in recognising the “devastation” it caused to the woman’s life.
“Gadd’s refusal to engage with the process merely proves his utter lack of remorse, something we will be reminding the Parole Board about if he makes another application for early release,” said the firm’s Richard Scorer.
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Glitter’s abuse came to light when he became the first person arrested under Operation Yewtree – the investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
However, his fall from grace happened years earlier after he admitted possessing around 4,000 child pornography images and was jailed for four months in 1999.
He was expelled from Cambodia in 2002, and in March 2006 was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam and spent two-and-a-half years in prison.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq over allegations she lived in properties linked to allies of her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh.
It comes after the current Bangladeshi leader, Muhammad Yunus, said London properties used by Ms Siddiq should be investigated.
He told the Sunday Times the properties should be handed back to his government if they were acquired through “plain robbery”.
Tory leader Ms Badenoch said: “It’s time for Keir Starmer to sack Tulip Siddiq.
“He appointed his personal friend as anti-corruption minister and she is accused herself of corruption.
“Now the government of Bangladesh is raising serious concerns about her links to the regime of Sheikh Hasina.”
Ms Siddiq insists she has “done nothing wrong”.
Her aunt was ousted from office in August following an uprising against her 20-year leadership and fled to India.
Ms Siddiq is also named with her aunt in Bangladesh court documents about meetings with the Russian government.
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As economic secretary to the Treasury, Ms Siddiq is responsible for policy on both the City and tackling corruption.
She referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics watchdog on Monday following the reports about the properties.
On the same day, the prime minister said: “Tulip Siddiq has acted entirely properly by referring herself to the independent adviser, as she’s now done, and that’s why we brought into being the new code.
“It’s to allow ministers to ask the adviser to establish the facts, and yes, I’ve got confidence in her, and that’s the process that will now be happening.”
Police in Aberdeen have widened the search area for two sisters who disappeared four days ago in the city.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32, were last seen on CCTV on Market Street after leaving their home on Tuesday at around 2.12am.
The sisters – who are part of a set of triplets and originally from Hungary – crossed the Victoria Bridge to the Torry area and turned right on to a footpath next to the River Dee.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti were last seen on CCTV in Market Street. Pic: Police Scotland/PA
They headed in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club but officers said there is no evidence to suggest the missing women left the immediate area.
Specialist search teams, police dogs and a marine unit have been trying to trace the pair.
The sisters crossed Victoria Bridge before walking along a footpath next to the River Dee
The pair were heading in the direction of Aberdeen Boat Club on the south side of the River Dee
Further searches are being carried out towards the Port of Aberdeen’s South Harbour and Duthie Park.
Police Scotland said it is liaising with authorities in Hungary to support the relatives of the two sisters.
Chief Inspector Darren Bruce said: “Eliza and Henrietta’s family are understandably extremely worried about them and we are working tirelessly to find them.
“We are seriously concerned about them and have significant resources dedicated to the inquiry.”
The sisters, from Aberdeen city centre, are described as slim with long brown hair.
Henrietta Huszti. Pic: Police Scotland
Eliza Huszti. Pic: Police Scotland
Officers have requested businesses in and around the South Esplanade and Menzies Road area to review their CCTV footage for the early morning of Tuesday 7 January.
Police added they are keen to hear from anyone with dashcam footage from that time.
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