Overview
- The Crown Prosecution Service charged Paul Gadd with one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and three counts of indecent assault for alleged incidents at a Kensington address between 1978 and 1981, a development announced Thursday.
- Gadd, 82, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 5 August for a first hearing on the new charges.
- The complaint was reported to the Metropolitan Police on 9 January 2025 and Gadd was interviewed by detectives on 22 July 2025 as part of the investigation.
- Gadd is already serving a 16-year sentence imposed in 2015 for child sexual offences, was briefly released and quickly recalled in 2023, and had a parole bid denied in 2025, which frames practical custody and public‑interest issues for the new prosecution.
- The CPS and Metropolitan Police stress that proceedings are active, that reporting must not prejudice a fair trial, and that specialist officers are supporting the single complainant as courts handle the evidential and welfare challenges of historic allegations.