(ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Former British pop star Gary Glitter was arrested on Sunday (October 28) in connection with an investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile.<br/> <br />A police statement said a man in his 60s was taken into custody at approximately 7:15am (0715 GMT) on suspicion of sexual offenses in the investigation into "Savile and others".<br/> <br />The statement did not name the man and a spokesman declined further comment.<br/> <br />The BBC and Sky News identified the man picked up from his London home as Glitter, a 68-year-old who was popular as a glam-rock singer in the 1970s.<br/> <br />Glitter, born Paul Gadd, had previously been jailed in Vietnam for child sex offenses.
