Overview
- Gadd appeared by videolink from prison on Wednesday and was formally charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14.
- The prosecution says the alleged abuse occurred at Gadd’s former Kensington home between 1978 and 1981 when the complainant was aged eight to eleven.
- The Metropolitan Police say the allegation was reported on January 9, 2025 and Gadd was interviewed about the matter on July 22, 2025, during which he denied the offences and said he did not know the woman shown in a photograph.
- Magistrates remanded Gadd in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on September 2, 2026, and his legal team has entered a denial of the charges.
- Gadd’s new charges sit against a long criminal history, including a 2015 UK sentence for abuse of schoolgirls and recalls after his 2023 release, which could shape how prosecutors and defence handle old evidence and witness recall.