By VIRGINIA WHEELER and
SUN ONLINE REPORTER
POP pervert Gary Glitter could face the death penalty over child sex allegations, it emerged this morning.
The disgraced Seventies star was yesterday accused of abusing a 12-year-old girl on at least ten occasions.
Under Vietnamese law sexual contact with a minor carries varying degrees of penalties, depending on the charge. "Obscene acts with a child" can lead to up to 12 years in prison while child rape carries the maximum penalty of death before a firing squad.
"Having sex with a 12-year-old girl, regardless of whether he had her
consent, is still considered child rape under Vietnamese law," the police officer said.
Police believe the singer, real name Paul Gadd, preyed on underage girls in Vietnam for up to THREE YEARS.
Glitter, 61, was held at Ho Chi Minh City airport while trying to flee the country after reporters found him living with two teenage "brides".
A senior cop said: "We have enough evidence to charge Gary Glitter. "It was suspected that he had been living with 14-year-old girls — but now we know he surrounded himself with children even younger."
He has not been charged with any crime but remains in custody at a jail outside the coastal city, police said.
Vung Tau police said today they were continuing to investigate the case and will be questioning him further.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We are aware of the arrest of a British national and consular support is being provided."
In Vung Tau, a police officer said the two girls, aged 12 and 18, claimed in interviews with police that they had gone to Glitter’s home and had sex with him there.
There were conflicting reports that the second girl had not yet turned 18.
Glitter was jailed in the UK in 1999 for having internet child porn.
Glitter ... facing prison