Gary Glitter has been charged with eight counts of sexual offences against two young girls.

The 70-year-old former pop star, real name Paul Gadd, is charged with a variety of sexual offences against two girls aged between 12 and 14 between 1977 and 1980 when the offences are alleged to have occurred.

He is also charged with drugging and having sexual intercourse with one of the girls when she was under 13 years of age.

The Crown Prosecution Service have said that no further action would be taken against Gadd with regard to five further allegations made by two other people.

Gadd was arrested in October 2012 following an investigation stemming from Operation Yewtree and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 19 June.

Glitter was a prominent popstar in the 1970s, with singles such as “Rock and Roll, Parts One and Two”, “I Love You Love Me Love”, “I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am)”.