Gary Glitter told to pay victim £508,000 damages for sexual abuse

Convicted intercourse offender Gary Glitter has been ordered to pay a minimum of £508,000 to a sufferer he abused when she was 12 years previous.

A Excessive Courtroom decide dominated that the disgraced pop star – whose actual identify is Paul Gadd – subjected the claimant “to sexual abuse of probably the most critical form”.

The lady introduced her declare after Gadd was convicted in 2015 of abusing her and two different younger folks between 1975 and 1980.

Gadd, 80, was jailed for 16 years and launched in February final 12 months after serving half his sentence. He was returned to jail six weeks later after it was discovered he had breached his licence circumstances by allegedly viewing downloaded pictures of kids.

In a 13-page ruling launched on Tuesday, Excessive Courtroom decide Mrs Justice Tipples mentioned the girl was entitled to damages of £508,800 – however there will likely be an extra resolution on including curiosity to that sum. Gadd may should pay his sufferer’s authorized prices.

“There isn’t any doubt that the claimant was topic to sexual abuse of probably the most critical form by the defendant when she was solely 12 years previous and that has had very important antagonistic influence on the remainder of her life,” Mrs Justice Tipples mentioned.

The sum Gadd has been ordered to pay consists of £381,000 in misplaced earnings and £7,800 for future remedy and therapy.

The courtroom was informed that on account of his abuse the girl who introduced the declare – who can’t be named for authorized causes – has been unable to work for many years.

Her barrister Jonathan Metzer mentioned her experiences had a “dramatic and horrible influence” on her schooling, work and private relationships.

In her ruling, Mrs Justice Tipples mentioned that Gadd had did not even acknowledge the compensation declare had been lodged towards him – which means he had misplaced the case by default – and had not responded to a suggestion to talk to the courtroom on a jail video hyperlink when it got here to deciding the precise quantity he ought to pay.

The decide mentioned that the sexual assault and rape started when Gadd had plied each the sufferer and her mom with champagne, after assembly them backstage at a live performance, after which separating the 12-year-old.

Following the assaults, the lady’s behaviour quickly deteriorated and he or she dropped out of college aged 13.

The psychological scarring had been so deep, mentioned the decide, that the sufferer had modified her identification to attempt to scrub from her reminiscence Gadd saying her identify.

“She has nice issue sleeping, suffered nightmares, intrusive flashbacks and recollections, along with panic assaults and melancholy,” mentioned the decide.

“The claimant has floor her enamel all the way down to the purpose of breaking them… The claimant has no self- confidence and, at instances, she has felt suicidal and has taken overdoses.

“She is tormented by ideas of disgrace and self- blame, which regardless of an understanding of the character of the abuse, she finds she can not shake off.”

Mrs Justice Tipples awarded virtually £8,000 to the sufferer to pay for advanced psychological remedy and therapy – and mentioned {that a} additional £381,000 of the damages particularly lined the sufferer’s lack of earnings.

“I’m fairly glad that the claimant has been unable to acquire any significant employment all through her life on account of the results of the intense sexual abuse she suffered by the defendant at such a younger age.

“Her schooling was ruined and he or she has suffered extreme psychiatric damage for the remainder of her life.”