Jun 14, 2006 11:36 am US/Pacific
Glitter Appeals Molestation Charges
HO CHI MIHN CITY (AP) ―
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Gary Glitter appears at court for sex charges in Ving Tau, Vietnam. (File)
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Paul Francis Gadd - aka Gary Glitter - hit his musical peak in the 1970s. (File)
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Gary Glitter will go before a court Thursday to appeal his conviction and three-year prison sentence for child molestation.
The 62-year-old former British glam rocker was found guilty March 3 for committing obscene acts with girls ages 10 and 11 at his rented seaside villa in southern Vietnam.
The People's Supreme Court of Appeals will hear the appeal in a closed hearing. The ruling by the three-judge panel will be announced later Thursday.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was accused of kissing, fondling and "engaging in other physical acts" with the girls at his rented villa in the seaside city of Vung Tau, about 78 miles southeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
He has been in police custody in Vung Tau since Nov. 19, when he was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City while trying to board a flight to Bangkok, Thailand.
Glitter, who has maintained his innocence, was convicted in Britain in 1999 for possessing child pornography. He served half of a four-month jail term.
"Every time I meet with him, he says he's innocent," his attorney, Le Thanh Kinh, told The Associated Press. Kinh has met with Glitter a few times per month since March. Their last meeting was Tuesday.
Kinh said Wednesday that Glitter is "feeling good," and has been reading and exercising regularly while in detention.
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