VUNG TAU, Vietnam (AP) - A Vietnamese court sentenced former rocker Gary Glitter to three years in prison Friday for obscene acts with two young Vietnamese girls and a melee erupted in the courtroom when Glitter shouted "I'm innocent" after the verdict.

Reporters and onlookers, allowed into the courthouse in southern Ba Ria-Vung province to hear the verdict following the closed two-day trial, pressed toward Glitter in a scene of pandemonium as police fended them off and escorted him out of the building. "I haven't done anything. I'm innocent. It's a conspiracy," Glitter shouted.

Glitter, 61, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted Friday of committing obscene acts with a 10-year-old and 11-year-old girl at his rented seaside villa in southern Vung Tau last year. He was then sentenced to three years in prison, followed by deportation from Vietnam.

The court, in its verdict, cited graphic testimony from the girls that Glitter had fondled and molested them and took showers with them naked in his rented home and in nearby hotels.

Former glam rocker Glitter, a 1970s pop icon in Britain famed for his sequined jumpsuits, platform heels and bouffant wigs, sported a more conservative look for his trial: black clothes and a red bandana on his head.

He has been in police custody since Nov. 19, when he was caught at the Ho Chi Minh City airport trying to board a flight for Thailand. Police confiscated his laptop, which had hundreds of pornographic pictures on it.

Glitter, who hit his musical peak in the 1970s, had hits with Leader of the Gang and Do You Wanna Touch but is perhaps best known for his crowd-pleasing rock anthem Rock and Roll (Parts 1&2), which is still played at sporting events.

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