I believe an issue with this case has been the manner in which Gadd has conducted himself.
He still lives in a fantasy world where he is Gary Glitter, pop star, and the public are desperate to see him on stage again - indeed he has said so when quoted during this case.
The fact is, he is the man who USED TO BE Gary Glitter, and he is now Paul Gadd, convicted paedophile, and the number of people who would pay to see him peform probably numbers in the hundreds across the world, and less than three figures in this country.
This unwillingness to come into the real world and show some remorse for the damage he has done has gone some considerable way to the length of his sentence, and like all child abusers - Jonathan King springs readily to mind - he honestly does not believe he has done anything wrong, and will die in denial.
If only denial was so easy for his victims.