Rocker Gary Glitter arrested in connection with Savile case

[garbon]

http://news.yahoo.com/rocker-gary-glitter-arrested-connection-savile-case-british-111304759.html

Police investigating the sex abuse scandal surrounding late BBC children's television host Jimmy Savile have arrested pop star Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said Sunday.

Metropolitan Police said they arrested a man in his 60s early Sunday morning at his London home, on suspicion of sexual offences, and that he remains in custody in a London police station.

The force did not identify the man, but British media including the BBC and Press Association reported he was Glitter, 68, a former rock musician and a convicted sex offender. Glitter's real name is Paul Gadd.

Hundreds of potential victims have come forward since police began their investigation into sex abuse allegations against Savile, the longtime host of popular shows "Top of the Pops" and "Jim'll Fix It" who died at age 84 last year. Most allege abuse by Savile, but some said they were abused by Savile and others.

Glitter, best known for "Rock & Roll (Part 1&2)," was convicted in 2006 in Vietnam of committing "obscene acts with children" — offences involving girls aged 10 and 11. He was deported in 2008.

He had a previous conviction in Britain for possessing child pornography.

The scandal has horrified Britain with revelations that Savile cajoled and coerced vulnerable teens into having sex with him in his car, in his camper van, and even in dingy dressing rooms on BBC premises.

Police have said that though the majority of cases related to Savile alone, some involved the entertainer and other, unidentified suspects. In addition, some potential victims who reported abuse by Savile also told police about separate allegations against unidentified men that did not involve the BBC host.

[Scipio]

I could never have seen that coming.

[Martinus]

Zombie Jimmy Saville sounds like a great topical Halloween costume idea.

[Richard Hakluyt]

The police have been excitedly trailing the idea that they will be arresting various household names for doing naughty things back in the 1970s.

Arresting Gary Glitter just reminds me of the famous scene in Casablanca.

[Ed Anger]

Everytime they show old clips of Savile on TV, I laugh my ass off.

Giant Cigar and a track suit with yellowed washed out footage.

[viper37]

The Church, the Boys Scout, the BBC... which organization is next for protecting pedos?

[mongers]

The Church, the Boys Scout, the BBC... which organization is next for protecting pedos?

The Internet ? :gasp:

[Eddie Teach]

The Church, the Boys Scout, the BBC... which organization is next for protecting pedos?

Congress.

[garbon]

The Church, the Boys Scout, the BBC... which organization is next for protecting pedos?

The Internet ? :gasp:

It does a rather poor job at protecting then.

[Maximus]

And it's not an organization

[Ed Anger]

And it's not an organization

It is a bunch of tubes.

[garbon]

And it's not an organization

It is a bunch of tubes.

So stop fucking clogging them.

[Ed Anger]

 

[CountDeMoney]

I could never have seen that coming.

No shit.  Who knew the BBC had dingy dressing rooms?

[Neil]

The Church, the Boys Scout, the BBC... which organization is next for protecting pedos?

The Inquisition will destroy them all.