Ex-pop star Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to UK charges of historical sex offences


British former pop star Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, leaves Southwark Crown Court in London February 4, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, Sept ⁠2 (Reuters) - Former British pop star ⁠Paul Gadd, better known by his ‌stage name Gary Glitter, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to ​eight charges of historic ⁠sex offences against ⁠a young girl.

The 82-year-old, who rose ⁠to fame ‌in the 1970s as a "glam-rock" star, is accused ⁠of abusing the girl between 1978 ​and ‌1981 when she was aged between ⁠eight and ​11-years-old.

Gadd appeared at Southwark Crown Court by video link from prison ⁠and denied four counts of ​indecent assault, two counts of indecency with a child and two counts ⁠of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13.

Prosecutors previously said the alleged offences had taken ​place at Gadd's home ⁠in the Kensington area of London.

Gadd ​was remanded in ‌custody ahead of his ​trial next year.

(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Michael Holden)

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