Gary Glitter ordered to pay half a million pounds to one of his victims

The victim previously secured a “default judgment” ruling in her favour against the 79-year-old musician, whose real name is Paul Gadd.

At the High Court on Tuesday, Mrs Justice Tipples said the woman was entitled to damages of £508,800.

In a 13-page ruling, the judge said: “There is no doubt that the claimant was subject to sexual abuse of the most serious kind by the defendant when she was only 12 years old and that has had very significant adverse impact on the rest of her life.”

Mrs Justice Tipples said the six-figure-sum includes £381,000 in lost earnings and £7,800 for future therapy and treatment.

A further hearing is expected to consider any interest on the damages and legal costs.

In March, the High Court in London heard the woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – had been unable to work for several decades as a result of the abuse.

Her barrister Jonathan Metzer said Gadd's abuse had a “dramatic and terrible impact” on her education, work and personal relationships.

Gadd was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. His sentence expires in February 2031.

He was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February last year after serving half of his fixed-term determinate sentence.

But the former rocker was put back behind bars less than six weeks after walking free when police monitoring showed he had breached his licence conditions by reportedly trying to access the dark web and viewing downloaded images of children on a mobile phone.

The former star, who had a string of hit records in the 70s and 80s, also had a sickening history of predatory behaviour stretching back decades.

He was deported from Cambodia in 2002 after allegations there that he had sexually abused young children.

In 2006, he was jailed in Vietnam after authorities convicted him abusing youngsters in the south east Asian nation.

Lawyer Richard Scorer, who acts for the victim in the High Court lawsuit, said: “In making this award, the court has properly acknowledged the appalling abuse suffered by my client.

“Whilst no amount of money can make up for horrific sexual abuse, the award at least goes some way to recognising the devastation inflicted on my client throughout her childhood and adult life.

“Gadd’s refusal to engage with the process merely proves his utter lack of remorse, something we will be reminding the parole board about if he makes another application for early release."