![]() ![]() Last week, officers searched the cottage to look for "any evidence of any others being involved in any offending with him". Officers are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. Savile's cottage in Allt na Reigh, Glencoe, was vandalised overnight, Northern Constabulary said on Sunday.Ī spokesman for the force said "abusive slogans" had been painted on to the walls of the property. The publicist Max Clifford said on Saturday that up to 15 celebrities had approached him, fearful that their sexual exploits in the 1960s and 1970s might lead to them being caught up in the police inquiry. "The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Savile and others'." The man, from London, was arrested at approximately 7.15am on suspicion of sexual offences, and has been taken into custody at a London police station. Glitter had always maintained he was innocent of the charges.Ī Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Officers working on Operation Yewtree have today arrested a man in his 60s in connection with the investigation. ![]() In 2006, he was sentenced to three years in jail by a Vietnamese court for sexually molesting two girls. Glitter was jailed for four months in the UK in 1999 after admitting possessing a collection of 4,000 hardcore photographs of children being abused. He was released on police bail until mid-December and was seen leaving Charing Cross police station in central London shortly before 5pm. He was filmed leaving his home wearing a hat and dark coat and gloves, and being driven away. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was detained at 7.15am on Sunday at an address in central London and taken to a police station in the capital. The victims' allegations include claims from one woman that she had seen Glitter having sex with an underage girl in Savile's BBC dressing room while Savile abused another girl.Scotland Yard detectives working on Operation Yewtree have received information from more than 300 alleged victims and further arrests are expected. Since then, police say some 300 victims had come forward, while BBC executives have faced charges by members of the public of a cover-up. #GARY GLITTER JIMMY SAVILE TV#He had a big hit with the song "Rock and Roll".Īllegations that Savile sexually abused young girls for decades first emerged in an expose on the British TV channel ITV. Glitter, born Paul Gadd, was popular as a glam-rock singer in the 1970s. Glitter, 68, has been a long-time suspect in a string of sexual offences and abuse against children.Īmong them, he was convicted of abusing two girls in Vietnam in 2006 and was jailed, and he was expelled from Cambodia after being arrested on similar charges. The statement did not name the man, but the BBC, which is deeply involved in the investigation, confirmed it was Glitter. #GARY GLITTER JIMMY SAVILE SERIAL#LONDON : One-time British pop star and serial child-sex detainee Gary Glitter was arrested again on Sunday as part of an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.Ī police statement said a man in his 60s had been picked up just after 7 am (2pm Thailand time Sunday) on suspicion of sexual offences in the investigation into "Savile and others". ![]()
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