Gary Glitter bankrupt after failing to pay abuse sufferer £500,000

Convicted intercourse offender Gary Glitter has been declared bankrupt after failing to pay greater than £500,000 to a girl he abused when she was 12, her attorneys have mentioned.

The disgraced pop star, whose actual identify is Paul Gadd, was convicted in 2015 of abusing the girl between 1975 and 1980, in addition to two different younger folks, and was final yr ordered to pay the sufferer damages of £508,800.

The sum included £381,000 in misplaced earnings and £7,800 for future remedy and remedy.

Richard Scorer, head of abuse regulation at Slater and Gordon, which represents one of many victims, confirmed 80-year-old Gadd had been made bankrupt, including he had refused to co-operate and “continues to deal with his victims with contempt.”

In an announcement, he added: “We hope and belief that the parole board will take his behaviour into consideration in any future parole functions, because it clearly demonstrates that he has by no means modified, reveals no regret and stays a severe threat to the general public.”

Gadd was jailed for 16 years after his conviction in 2015, and launched in February 2023 after serving half his sentence.

He was returned to jail six weeks later after it was discovered he had breached his licence situations by allegedly viewing downloaded pictures of kids.

The girl, who can’t be named for authorized causes, introduced a compensation declare in opposition to Gadd. The Excessive Courtroom heard that she had been unable to work for many years as a result of abuse, and had suffered lifelong psychological scarring.

Decide Mrs Justice Tipples dominated that Gadd had subjected the claimant “to sexual abuse of probably the most severe variety”.

She mentioned she was happy the girl had not been capable of finding “any significant employment all through her life” consequently, and awarded her damages for advanced psychological remedy and remedy and lack of earnings.

“Her training was ruined and she or he has suffered extreme psychiatric harm for the remainder of her life,” she added.

In her ruling, the choose mentioned Gadd had didn’t acknowledge the compensation declare had been lodged in opposition to him – that means he had misplaced the case by default.

He had not responded to a proposal to talk to the courtroom on a jail video hyperlink when it got here to deciding the precise quantity he ought to pay, she added.