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Glitter's rape charges likely to be dropped

Published Monday, Dec 26 2005, 17:35 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
Gary Glitter's child rape charge is likely to be dropped by Vietnamese police, according to his lawyer.

The singer has been held for more than a month on suspicion of lewd acts with children as young as twelve.

Although prosecutors are expected to drop the charge of rape, for which he could have faced the death penalty, the charge of committing lewd acts with children will stand.

Glitter's lawyer Le Thanh Kinh told the BBC: "The [child rape] investigation has ended and the charge will still be the initial one, while additional issues were not raised by investigators, probably because of a lack of evidence."

If convicted, Glitter faces twelve years in prison.
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