Vietnam sets date for Glitter trial

British glam rocker Gary Glitter will go on trial March 2 in Vietnam on charges of committing obscene acts with two underage girls, the presiding judge said Monday.

The trial is expected to last two days, said Hoang Thanh Tung, who will oversee the trial in southern Ba Ria Vung Tau province.

Glitter, 61, who won fame in the 1970s with such hits as “Rock & Roll, Part 2” and “Do You Wanna Touch Me,” is accused of kissing and fondling the two girls, aged 10 and 11, and “engaging in other physical acts” last year at his rental home in the port city of Vung Tau. The crime carries a prison sentence ranging from three to seven years.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, has been in police custody at a jail near Vung Tau since Nov. 19, when he was seized in Ho Chi Minh City trying to board a flight out of the country.