Pop star Gary Glitter seduced and sexually assaulted a besotted 14-year-old fan at a house in Banbury, a court heard.

The woman, who is now 34, claims the glam rocker had sex with her and told her to perform other indecent acts on him when she was a teenager.

Glitter, 55, real name Paul Gadd, pleaded not guilty to four counts of indecent assault against a girl under 16 and four counts of serious sexual assault between March 1, 1980, and June, 1982. The woman said that in Easter 1980, when she was 14, Glitter invited her to stay with his Uncle John in Banbury, after getting permission from her parents. She said they had to share a bed and the singer - who has houses in London and Somerset - had sex with her.

Under cross-examination by Trevor Burke, defending, the woman admitted she had been paid £10,000 by the News of the World for the story about her relationship with Glitter.

Mr Burke said the woman could be paid a further £25,000 by the newspaper if Glitter was convicted of owning illegal pornography or having sex with underage girls. Mr Burke said: "On his behalf, I dispute what you say and suggest the entire motive is money."

But under re-examination by John Royce, prosecuting, she said she had spoken out because Glitter had pictures and videos of children. She said: "My motive was to tell people the truth."

Bristol Crown Court was told how Glitter first met the girl when she was 11 or 12 when he signed an autograph for her at the Bristol Hippodrome and struck up a friendship with her family.

She said: "I was in shock. The man on my bedroom wall was in my living room." The relationship was said to have continued for 12 years, ending in 1991or 1992.

The court heard Glitter had threatened to commit suicide if she tried to end the relationship. Mr Royce said Glitter's former roadie and tour manager, Alan Gee, had considered warning the woman's family about the relationship, but feared he would lose his job.

The court heard Glitter was arrested on November 18, 1997.

The case continues.

Story date: Wednesday 10 November

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