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03.02.2023 - 14:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Paedophile Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving just half of his 16-year sentence for sex crimes. The disgraced glam rock singer - who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s - was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.
The PA news agency understands the 79-year-old left HMP The Verne - a low security category C jail in Portland, Dorset - on Friday after eight years behind bars.
He was freed automatically half-way through a fixed-term determinate sentence. The sex offender will now be subject to licence conditions.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was at the height of his fame when he preyed on his vulnerable victims who thought no-one would believe their claims over that of a celebrity.
He attacked two girls, aged 12 and 13, after inviting them backstage to his dressing room, and isolating them from their mothers. His third victim was less than 10 years old when he crept into her bed and tried to rape her in 1975.
The allegations only came to light nearly 40 years later when Glitter became the first person to be arrested under Operation Yewtree - the investigation launched by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Sentencing the singer, Judge Alistair McCreath said all the victims were "profoundly affected" by the abuse.
He said it was "difficult to overstate the gravity of this dreadful behaviour" when referring to the assault on one victim, telling Glitter he was able to attack another "only" because of his fame.
The court heard there was no evidence Glitter had atoned for his actions after he was found guilty of one count of attempted rape, one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault.
He later lost a Court
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release from jail, it has been claimed. The former popstar’s son Gary Pantoja Sosa has allegedly told close friends that his dad, 78, wants to move away once he is allowed to leave his bail hostel, The Sun has reported. Just a few days ago an angry crowd sparked a disturbance at the entrance to Glitter’s halfway house after he was released from prison.
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