Gary Glitter

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Gary Glitter freed from jail after serving half of 16-year sentence (The Guardian)

Ex-pop star was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

Glitter had three UK No 1s as a performer, including I’m the Leader of the Gang. “Statistics show that travel restrictions are secured in only a handful of sexual harm prevention orders. All six offences were committed in the 1970s and 80s. The abuse, including repeated rapes which our client suffered from the age of 12, have left her with a life sentence,” said Scorer, head of abuse law at Slater and Gordon solicitors. She said: “His licence conditions should be that he can’t hold a passport.” His third victim was younger than 10 years old when he crept into her bed and tried to rape her in 1975.

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter freed from prison (BBC News)

The singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

After being freed he went abroad, and in 2002 was expelled from Cambodia amid reports of sex crime allegations. The allegations that led to Gadd's imprisonment came to light when he became the first person to be arrested under Operation Yewtree - the investigation launched by the Met in 2012 in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. He was one of the biggest music stars of the 1970s.

Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter freed from jail (Rhyl Journal)

The glam rock singer was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

His third victim was less than 10 years old when he crept into her bed and tried to rape her in 1975. They can also be barred from having unsupervised contact with children and using the internet. Sentencing the singer, Judge Alistair McCreath said all the victims were “profoundly affected” by the abuse.

Gary Glitter Reportedly Freed From Prison After Serving Half Sentence (Variety)

Gary Glitter has reportedly been released from a U.K. prison after serving half his 16-year sentence for sexual abuse.

The sentence was handed down just hours after he was found not guilty of sexually assaulting an underage girl in a separate trial. Savile was a long-feted radio DJ and TV presenter who was exposed as a prolific sexual predator after his death in 2011. However, he has now been released from the Dorset jail in which he was serving his sentence, according to the Press Association.

Gary Glitter Freed From Prison Midway Through Child Sex Abuse ... (Rolling Stone)

Disgraced glam rocker Gary Glitter has been released from prison halfway through a 16-year sentence after being convicted of child sex abuse charges.

However, in the aftermath of (only after nearly 20 countries refused him entry). [the pedophile scandal involving Top of the Pops host Jimmy Savile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree), Glitter was [arrested](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gary-glitter-arrested-in-bbc-sex-abuse-case-181645/) and [charged](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gary-glitter-charged-with-eight-child-sex-offenses-197983/) with child sex offenses stemming from multiple incidents that occurred between 1975 and 1980. While he avoided the death penalty by firing squad, Glitter was “If the offender breaches these conditions at any point, they can go back behind bars,” a Ministry of Justice spokesperson said. The 78-year-old singer born Paul Gadd, whose biggest U.S.

Ex-pop star Gary Glitter freed from UK prison (St. Albert Gazette)

LONDON (AP) — Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually ...

It is common for offenders in the U.K. “If the offender breaches these conditions at any point, they can go back behind bars.” The 79-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was freed from a prison in Dorset, in southwest England.

Gary Glitter released from British prison after serving half his ... (CBC.ca)

Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young ...

He served nearly all of a sentence of three years in prison for incidents involved two Vietnamese girls, aged 10 and 11, from the southern coastal city of Vung Tau. An album of material he released two years was sold mainly through his website, as British shops refused to stock the release. It is common for offenders in the U.K.