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| Gary Glitter trial: Singer 'told girl assault was a secret' | Gary Glitter trial: Singer 'told girl assault was a secret' |
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| Former singer Gary Glitter sexually assaulted a teenage girl after she had been taken to meet him backstage after a show, a court has heard. | Former singer Gary Glitter sexually assaulted a teenage girl after she had been taken to meet him backstage after a show, a court has heard. |
| The woman sobbed as she told Southwark Crown Court how she was assaulted in his dressing room at a nightclub in Watford, when she was aged 13 or 14. | The woman sobbed as she told Southwark Crown Court how she was assaulted in his dressing room at a nightclub in Watford, when she was aged 13 or 14. |
| Mr Glitter said the assault would be their "secret", she told the jury. | Mr Glitter said the assault would be their "secret", she told the jury. |
| Gary Glitter, 70, - whose real name is Paul Gadd - denies 10 charges relating to three girls. | Gary Glitter, 70, - whose real name is Paul Gadd - denies 10 charges relating to three girls. |
| Giving evidence, the woman, now aged 48, said she had been taken to meet him by her mother and her mother's partner - who worked in the music industry. | Giving evidence, the woman, now aged 48, said she had been taken to meet him by her mother and her mother's partner - who worked in the music industry. |
| The singer then asked if the girl could be left alone with him, she said. | The singer then asked if the girl could be left alone with him, she said. |
| The glam rock artist, who was still wearing a silver sequinned jumpsuit, then asked her to sit on his lap. He asked her for a kiss, before sexually assaulting her, she said. | The glam rock artist, who was still wearing a silver sequinned jumpsuit, then asked her to sit on his lap. He asked her for a kiss, before sexually assaulting her, she said. |
| The ordeal lasted for about 10 minutes and only stopped when there was a knock on the dressing room door, she added. | The ordeal lasted for about 10 minutes and only stopped when there was a knock on the dressing room door, she added. |
| Hotel room | Hotel room |
| When asked if the singer had said anything to her during the incident, the woman replied: "He asked if I liked it." | When asked if the singer had said anything to her during the incident, the woman replied: "He asked if I liked it." |
| She told the court she did not tell anyone about the alleged assault until 2013, when she confided in a counsellor, who advised her to contact the police. | She told the court she did not tell anyone about the alleged assault until 2013, when she confided in a counsellor, who advised her to contact the police. |
| Gary Glitter is accused of two counts of indecent assault in relation to the woman. | Gary Glitter is accused of two counts of indecent assault in relation to the woman. |
| Under cross-examination, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC - representing Mr Glitter - put it to the woman that she had made up the allegations. | Under cross-examination, Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC - representing Mr Glitter - put it to the woman that she had made up the allegations. |
| She said the singer had stopped wearing platform shoes by the time of the alleged offences, because of "the damage done over time to his feet". | She said the singer had stopped wearing platform shoes by the time of the alleged offences, because of "the damage done over time to his feet". |
| "I am going to suggest that you are wrong on those points of detail," Ms Bennett-Jenkins added. | |
| However, the alleged victim said: "No, he had his platform shoes on." | |
| Earlier, the court heard how a girl who allegedly had sex with Mr Glitter when she was 12 had told her brother she was "going out" with the singer. | |
| The alleged victim - now aged 50 - says the singer had sex with her at a hotel after a show in Leicester, in 1977, after giving her champagne. | |
| In a statement, the brother of the alleged victim said their father had got tickets for his sister and their mother to see the singer perform and to meet him. | In a statement, the brother of the alleged victim said their father had got tickets for his sister and their mother to see the singer perform and to meet him. |
| 'Bigger than Elvis' | 'Bigger than Elvis' |
| He said they were "all very excited about the fact that they got to meet him backstage". | He said they were "all very excited about the fact that they got to meet him backstage". |
| His sister, who he said had posters of the entertainer plastered across her bedroom walls and ceiling, had been "ecstatic" at meeting him. | His sister, who he said had posters of the entertainer plastered across her bedroom walls and ceiling, had been "ecstatic" at meeting him. |
| "It was after this that (she) went on to see Gary Glitter - I never went with her," he said in a statement, read out in court. | "It was after this that (she) went on to see Gary Glitter - I never went with her," he said in a statement, read out in court. |
| "I remember her spending nights away and I also remember her telling me that she was going out with Gary Glitter," he added. | "I remember her spending nights away and I also remember her telling me that she was going out with Gary Glitter," he added. |
| Years later the alleged victim told her daughter how Gary Glitter had been "bigger than Elvis" and described the first time she slept with him, the jury heard. | |
| In her statement, the daughter of the alleged victim said she had been told about a time her mother found herself alone in a hotel suite with him. | In her statement, the daughter of the alleged victim said she had been told about a time her mother found herself alone in a hotel suite with him. |
| "Mum didn't go into detail of what went on, other than to say this was the first time she had sex with Gary," she said in the statement. | "Mum didn't go into detail of what went on, other than to say this was the first time she had sex with Gary," she said in the statement. |
| In another statement read out to the jury, a family friend said she discovered dried up red roses in the alleged victim's bedroom with a note signed "love Gary". | In another statement read out to the jury, a family friend said she discovered dried up red roses in the alleged victim's bedroom with a note signed "love Gary". |