Former glam rocker Gary Glitter (70) has been jailed for 16 years after being found guilty of historic sex attacks on three schoolgirls.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted of having sex with a girl (12).

The disgraced singer was also found guilty on one count of attempted rape and four counts of indecent assault.

Another of his victims included a girl who was less than 10-years-old when he crept into her bed and tried to rape her in 1975.

Glitter, who denied all the charges, also indecently assaulted a 13-year-old.

Reporter Enda Brady, who is at Southwark Crown Court in London, said Glitter did not react as he was handed his sentence.

As he arrived in court, he waved at two friends in the public gallery.

The former chart topper was at the height of his fame when he preyed on the youngsters.

Glitter's lawyer told the court their client is "a very different man now".

However, Judge Alistair McCreath, who remanded him in custody after the verdicts last month, told him his offences were "truly appalling".