Gary Glitter has been formally charged with committing obscene acts with two girls aged twelve and thirteen. The former pop star, real name Paul Gadd, is alleged to have fondled and kissed the girls as well as engaging in other physical acts with them at his home in Vung Tau, Vietnam.
As reported earlier in the week, a charge of child rape was dropped at the end of last month, meaning Gadd is no longer at risk of receiving the death penalty. A prosecutor from the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria Vung Tau, who confirmed the charge, said conviction could lead to between three and seven years in prison. The prosecutors will now hand the case over to the provincial courts, which will decide whether the case will go to trial.