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SCOTLAND YARD HAS confirmed that former pop star Gary Glitter has been released on bail after being arrested earlier today in connection to an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse against the former TV host Jimmy Savile.
The 68-year-old musician – real name Paul Gadd – was arrested at his home at about 7.15am this morning by officers involved in Operation Yewtree, the investigation into the claims against Savile.
“The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed ‘Savile and others’,” a police statement earlier today.
Gadd was jailed for four months in 1999 for downloading child pornography and jailed again in 2006 for child sex offences in Vietnam.
The former pop star was released on bail at about 5pm today and is to return to the police station in mid-December, pending further inquiries, according to Sky News.
It was alleged earlier this week that Savile, the former host of shows such as Jim’ll Fix It and Top of the Pops, was present while girls were abused in his dressing room by others.
Police have described Savile as a “predatory sex offender” and are following over 400 lines of inquiry into alleged abuse by Savile, who died last year.
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such a sick world we live in, anybody who harms innocent children should be hung!!!!
Even that’s too good for them Karen…
Don’t you mean hanged?
By the balls…….
Justice needed for those children,now adults. Sick sick abusers.
Gary Glitter disliked your comment twice.
It’s Gad to be back, It’s Gad to be back..
Gary was one of the only people mentioned in the documentary by other comments their were obviously more when will their high profile arrests take place? We already knew of Gary’s sick habits, its the others who like Saville slipped under the radar for so many years that I want named and shamed.
Think that’s part of why they arrested Glitter, one of the ones alive who can name if there were others.
It’s hard to know what to think regarding these ” people “. The Icelandic people had a traditional method of dealing with them. When they were satisfied that they were dealing with a predatory paedophile, they would simply push them off an ice cliff. Even though I’m not a fan of summary justice, I can’t say I blame them.
Its amazing when it comes to kids there is kill em now reaction or summary justice calls. Funny enough when it comes to mistaken identity and falsely accused people being attacked by mobs we seem to be OK with Mob rule. Its never alright. Let courts deal with everyone
I do we need more of it. When the likes of the church and some states and large and powerful organisations get involved in cover ups.
Time to re read there Eye see. Not a fan if summary justice
at least he can’t buy his way out of this if found guilty like he did in Thailand.
Rapists murders and paedophiles need to be locked up for life. Life meaning life without parole. Execution is too good for them.
So if I should remove someone’s eyes with a spoon, chop off both legs, cut out their tongue and kick them down a flight of stairs, if they survive, I’d be good-to-go in, what–8 years?
even reading his name makes me feel sick.
Sure wasn’t he the leader of the gang.
does gary glitter still get royalties for his ahem music,i hope not !
He gets over 1 million a yr from U.s.a alone
A law should be brought into Ireland where if someone is convicted of rape or abuse to kids they should be put to a wall and shot dead. I don’t understand why we don’t have this law.
I do. It’s called civilisation.
That is not to condone or not to punish severely but killing is not the answer. As Martin Luther King said ‘you don’t remove darkness with darkness but with light’.
ill get blasted for this but your comment made me think of the many increasing cases of false rape allegations in this country in recent years. how many innocent men have gone down for it? i think the comment re Martin Luther king says it all. how many innocent on death row?
Martin, what if 6 months down the line its found the allegations of rape were false
should the people that wanted the now innocent person dead be shot for murder?
We’ve seen four false rape cases in the news over the last few months where things had progressed quite far before the accused was exonerated. I assume in such circumstances you’d just unshoot them and apologise?
I’d rather see them put to death. Buy thats just my opinion.
Well thank you for sharing, Martin. You’re a worthwhile human being. But that’s just my opinion.
Seamus your thought process is quite worrying. Anyway sorry I didn’t produce my full manifesto of crimes and punishment.
But allow me to make an addendum to my previous comment any kind of psychopathic crimes like the kind you suggested need to given very lengthy sentances if they are attempted murder or sadistic acts lock them up for life too.
To think that some people in society are more than capable of such acts is very disturbing indeed. I’d rather have them behind bars locked away from the decent members of society.
life for a life if they do the crime they should do the time no more cover ups
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