(1) In November 1999, Glitter was gaoled for four months for downloading child porn from the Internet, and has been a fugitive from the tabloids ever since. He was cleared of a more serious charge of having sex with a 14 year old girl in the 1980s.
(2) Successfully in the case of O.J. Simpson, unsuccessfully in the case of Satpal Ram.
(3) The Voice, August 10, 1998, page 3.
(4) Ironically, if Hutt had planted drugs on this kid or fitted him up for assault, the authorities would not have batted an eyelid.
(5) His sacking was reduced to a fine of 13 days' salary said to be "in excess of £1,000" - I can see why he wanted his job back! Then Home Secretary Jack Straw appears to have intervened; Hutt's supporters included the Daily Mail newspaper, a black woman detective, and the mother of the kid he'd racially abused!
(6) Having said that, race aside, the joke was a bit risqué and could have caused offence, but an apology should have been sufficient.