Gary Glitter ordered to pay half a million pounds in damages to a harassment victim

Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in compensation to one of the women he molested.

A judge has ordered disgraced pedophile Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, to pay £508,800 in compensation.

The woman is suing Glitter over his 2015 conviction for abusing her and two other young people between 1975 and 1980.

She had previously obtained a “default judgment” in her claim – a ruling in her favor on Glitter’s liability – and on Tuesday, Judge Tipples found the woman was entitled to £508,800 in damages.

The judge said in a 13-page ruling: “There is no doubt that the plaintiff was the victim of the most serious type of sexual abuse by the defendant when she was only 12 years old, which had a very significant adverse impact on the rest of her life.”

Judge Tipples said the six-figure sum included £381,000 in lost earnings and £7,800 for future therapy and treatment.

A hearing is expected to be held on Tuesday to consider interest on damages and legal costs.

At a March hearing, the High Court in London heard that the woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – has been unable to work for decades as a result of harassment.

Jonathan Metzer, her attorney, said Glitter’s abuse had a “dramatic and terrible impact” on her education, work and personal relationships.

In 2015, Glitter was sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. His sentence expires in February 2031.

He was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February last year after serving half of his fixed-term sentence.

Glitter was thrown back into prison less than six weeks after his release when police monitoring found he had breached license conditions by trying to access the dark web and viewing downloaded images of children.

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