Today is Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020.

On this day in 2006, former British pop star

Gary Glitter was convicted of molesting two underage girls in Vietnam.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes,

listener discretion is advised. We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Today we're covering the sentencing of Gary Glitter,

then 61 years old, who was found guilty of initiating inappropriate sex acts with young

girls in his seaside villa. Let's go back to a courthouse in the Vietnamese

province of Baria Vangtau on March 3rd 2006.

Hordes of reporters and paparazzi gathered on the steps of the courthouse,

waiting for what news would trickle out from the other side of the doors.

They weren't allowed inside, as the closed trial was meant to ensure the anonymity of the victims involved.

It was a necessary precaution as the details that had unfolded within the adjacent courtroom were harrowing indeed.

British glam musician, 61 year old Gary Glitter, was about to receive his sentence by a Vietnamese judge.

For the past two days, all lies were directed toward the man accused of molestation and predation of two Vietnamese girls, aged 10 and 11.

It was hard for those in the courtroom to look at glitter without uneasiness.

It appeared avoiding eye contact was an effort to make the crimes at hand easier to stomach.

Indeed, for the man who was once a beloved icon for British pop music,

Glitter had turned into, as described by the UK's The Guardian,

a public hate figure.

Since 1997, allegations came out in waves against the

celebrity each one more horrifying than the last. First, in 1999, 54 offenses of downloading child pornography landed glitter in

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