Who is Liam and Noel Gallagher's older brother Paul as 'forgotten' sibling is charged with rape
Liam and Noel Gallagher's forgotten older brother, Paul, had remained outwith the spotlight for many years before he was charged with rape and violent sex offences this week following a police investigation from last year. Paul Gallagher, 59, who is the older brother of the Oasis stars, is facing a number of serious allegations including rape, sexual assault, coercive control and making threats to kill.
The alleged crimes are said to have taken place between 2022 and 2024 and involve one female victim. Gallagher is set to appear before magistrates next month. The Met Police confirmed: "A man has been charged with numerous offences - including rape, coercive control and sexual assault.
"Paul Gallagher, 59, of Manor Park Road, East Finchley, has been charged with rape, coercive and controlling behaviour, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, two counts of making a threat to kill and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
"The offences are reported to have taken place between 2022 – 2024. The charges follow an investigation which commenced in 2024. A woman is being supported by specially-trained officers. Gallagher will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, 27 August."
The charges come in the midst of his younger brothers' return to the spotlight on their Oasis Live 25 reunion tour.
The rock icons' next stop after their three remaining shows at London's Wembley Stadium this week and next is Scotland, where they will play three nights at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on August 8, 9 and 12.
Paul, who is just one year older than Noel and seven years older than Liam, is the eldest son of Peggy and Tommy Gallagher and grew up in Burnage, Manchester alongside his younger brothers.
Despite Liam and Noel's very public fall out over the years, Paul managed to maintain a close relationship with both of them, with his youngest brother in particular.
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Liam asked Paul to be his best man at his wedding to fiancee Debbie Gwyther, which has still not taken place due to it being postponed multiple times.
The pair had been due to tie the knot in 2023 but it got pushed back due to Liam's hip surgery.
Throughout Liam and Noel's 15-year feud, which they finally put to bed last year after announcing an Oasis reunion, Paul remained in regular contact with both of them.
However, he said he would meet up with Liam 'every other day'.
Despite this tight knot bond, Paul has never had any involvement in Oasis. Instead he decided to pursue two very different careers as a DJ and a photographer.
Speaking about what it was like to grow up with the Oasis stars in his 1997 memoir Brothers: From Childhood to Oasis, he said: "We were just brothers and on the outside we appeared the same as anybody else, if a bit more argumentative and disagreeable.
'Then one day they both showed a staggering talent for music and a surge of confidence that led them to achieve. It left me questioning my life.'
Paul recalled how he had once asked Liam and Noel whether he could tour with them to help oversee their merchandise sales.
He also later suggested that he could be in charge of setting up an official band fan club.
However, the eldest Gallagher brother claims the pair were not interested in his involvement with their band. Paul appears to have not let their stardom bother him too much as he insists that he prefers to 'float around invisible'.
Speaking on the Michael Anthony Show podcast in 2023, Paul said he can also sing but gave it up after his brothers became international rockstars.
He said on the show: "I can sing. I don't sing anymore, when you have got two fellas in your family who can sing then what the f*** are you doing singing. Do something else."
When asked if he can play the guitar as well as Noel, Paul replied: 'No I can't do that s***. That's why I gave it to Noel when I was seven.
"I was like 'Do something with that or my mother will kill me for wasting money on a f***ing guitar. Have it. Take it away'.'
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