Former pop star Gary Glitter sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing young girls

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, British pop star Gary Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London. Gary Glitter has been jailed for sixteen years for sexual assaults on three girls dating back to the 1970s. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

LONDON – Former pop star Gary Glitter has received a 16-year prison sentence after being convicted of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.

The 70-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, showed no response as he was sentenced Friday.

He had been found guilty earlier this month of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13.

The singer was arrested in October 2012 under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation British police launched in the wake of a child abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.

Glitter is best known for the hit “Rock & Roll (Part 2),” but he fell into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Vietnam.

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