Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to repeated sexual abuse of girl in 70s and 80s

Ex-pop star Gary Glitter has pleaded not guilty to eight allegations of sexual abuse against a girl when she was aged between eight and 11.Glitter, 82, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is accused of offences against the girl between 1978 and 1981, after allegedly giving her chocolate and inviting her to his home in Kensington and Chelsea, west London.It is said he caused the girl to touch his genitals and “engaged in unlawful sexual intercourse” with her.At Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, Glitter appeared on a videolink from HMP Channing Wood to enter his pleas.He denies four charges of indecent assault, two counts of indecency with a child, and two charges of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13.Judge Tony Baumgartner, the Recorder of Westminster, adjourned the case for a t