Glitter jailed over child porn
Pop star Gary Glitter has been jailed for four months after admitting to a collection of 4,000 hardcore photographs of children being abused.
The admission comes just hours after the rock idol was cleared of eight counts of sexually assaulting a teenage fan nearly 20 years ago.
Solicitor Henri Brandman said Glitter would appeal against the sentence. He will be placed on the sex offenders register.
Reappearing at Bristol Crown Court, Glitter admitted 54 offences of downloading porn from the Internet dating between 3 January 1997 and 18 November 1997.
He replied "guilty" in a strong, clear voice after the first count was put to him and his voice became less clear with each subsequent charge.
The judge, Mr Justice Butterfield, described the pictures in Glitter's vast library as "filthy and revolting" and of the "worst possible type".