Paedo pop star Gary Glitter loses Parole bid to be free of jail
Disgraced paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has misplaced a Parole Board bid to be free of jail.
The disgraced singer appeared at a secretive parole listening to final month as he fought to be launched from jail after he was locked up for breaching his bail circumstances.
The 79-year-old pervert was discovered browsing the darkish internet simply 39 days after being robotically launched midway by way of his 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.
Revealing its choice in the present day, the Parole Board stated Glitter – whose actual identify is Paul Gadd – remained a hazard to society and a danger to kids, who he had a ‘sexual curiosity in’.
‘After contemplating the circumstances of his offending, the dearth of progress made whereas in custody and on licence, and the opposite proof introduced on the listening to, the panel was not glad that launch at this level could be protected for the safety of the general public,’ the board stated.
‘Rather, the panel thought of that Mr Gadd was appropriately positioned in custody the place excellent ranges of danger could possibly be addressed. He will likely be eligible for one more parole assessment sooner or later.’
Gary Glitter, 79, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three faculty women between 1975 and 1980. Prior to that conviction, he was jailed for 4 months in 1999 for proudly owning hundreds of kid abuse photos
Glitter spent two and a half years in prisons in Vietnam after he was convicted for sexually abusing two women, aged 10 and 11
Glitter was recalled to jail lower than six weeks after being launched after he was seen allegedly viewing downloaded photos of kids
Glitter was robotically launched from HMP The Verne, a low-security jail in Portland, Dorset, in February final 12 months after serving half of his 16-year fixed-term determinate sentence.
But lower than six weeks after strolling free, he was taken again to jail for breaching his licence circumstances by allegedly viewing downloaded photos of kids.
It was alleged on the time that Glitter had used a smartphone to observe movies of younger women on the darkish internet whereas in a bail hostel.
He was discovered to have been women in leotards and brief skirts in ballet exhibits and doing gymnastic workouts.
In October 2023 an software to have final month’s parole listening to in public was rejected, on the grounds that it was too troublesome to contact all of his victims.
A doc leaked final this 12 months confirmed how the paedophile performer deliberate to plead his case to get launched.
In the draft, suffering from spelling errors, he ranted: ‘I do know nothing a couple of onion (darkish internet) or in- scription (encryption). I’m not tec savey (savvy) and I’ve been away from computer systems and cellphone for eight years.’
Referring to probation officers who dominated he had damaged licence circumstances, he added: ‘There agenda is there opinion and hypothesis by no means actual truth. And extra usually not taken from articles.’
Glitter tried to steer the Parole Board that it was a disproportionate choice to return him to jail and he didn’t break his licence circumstances.’
But in a abstract launched in the present day, the Parole Board revealed Glitter nonetheless had a perverted sexual curiosity in kids which ‘couldn’t be safely managed’.
The now-disgraced pop star performing in London in 1972 earlier than he was jailed for baby intercourse offences
HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, the place Glitter is serving his jail sentence
‘The panel examined intimately the proof for such pursuits on the level of offending and subsequent to conviction. It discovered on the proof that on the time of the offending, and whereas he was on licence,’ the board stated
‘Mr Gadd had a sexual curiosity in underage women. There was additionally concern in regards to the lack of sufferer empathy which he had continued to indicate.
‘Evidence was introduced on the listening to relating to Mr Gadd’s progress and custodial conduct throughout this sentence. Since his recall, his behaviour in jail was reported to have been usually good.’
It continued: ‘At no stage throughout his sentence had Mr Gadd undertaken accredited programmes or different coaching interventions to deal with his offending, as a consequence of ineligibility of a programme and the unsuitability of different programmes due to his denials.
‘His probation officer suggested that Mr Gadd’s dangers couldn’t be safely managed locally at this level. An in-depth evaluation could be wanted to determine appropriate remedies which could cut back his danger in future.
Glitter’s fall from grace started within the late Nineties when he was jailed for possessing hundreds of kid abuse photos and was jailed for 4 months in 1999.
Six months after shifting to Cambodia in 2002 he was expelled amid stories of intercourse crime allegations.
In March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two women, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam and spent two and a half years in jail.
The offences for which he was jailed in 2015 got here to gentle as a part of Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan Police investigation launched within the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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