Gary Glitter to stay in jail as parole bid refused

Gary Glitter volition enactment successful situation aft the Parole Board refused the disgraced singer's bid to beryllium released.

Glitter, 81, was recalled to jail little than six weeks aft helium was released halfway through his 16-year condemnation successful 2023 for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children.

He was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment successful 2015 aft being recovered blameworthy of sexually assaulting 3 schoolgirls betwixt 1975 and 1980.

The Parole Board past twelvemonth said it was "not satisfied that merchandise astatine this constituent would beryllium harmless for the extortion of the public" aft a proceeding held down closed doors.

A spokesperson connected Tuesday said his merchandise was refused again pursuing a "paper review".

"Parole Board decisions are solely focused connected what hazard a captive could correspond to the nationalist if released and whether that hazard is manageable successful the community," a connection said.

"A sheet volition cautiously analyse a immense scope of evidence, including details of the archetypal crime, and immoderate grounds of behaviour change, arsenic good arsenic research the harm done and interaction the transgression has had connected the victims.

"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with utmost care. Protecting the nationalist is our fig 1 priority."

Glitter, whose existent sanction is Paul Gadd, volition beryllium eligible for a further reappraisal astatine a day acceptable by the Ministry of Justice. His condemnation expires successful February 2031.

He was made bankrupt earlier this twelvemonth aft failing to wage much than £500,000 successful damages to a pistillate who sued him for abusing her erstwhile she was 12 years old.

Richard Scorer, caput of maltreatment instrumentality and nationalist inquiries astatine Slater and Gordon, who represented the woman, told Sky News the Parole Board has made "the close decision".

He added: "My lawsuit is relieved astatine this ruling but apprehensive astir having to spell done the merry-go-round of Gadd coming up for parole again, and the fearfulness of him being fto retired connected licence.

"This is unfair connected victims and it would beryllium amended if they were assured that helium would service the remainder of his sentence."

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Glitter was archetypal jailed for 4 months successful 1999 aft helium admitted possessing astir 4,000 indecent images of children.

He was expelled from Cambodia successful 2002, and successful March 2006 was convicted of sexually abusing 2 girls, aged 10 and 11, successful Vietnam, wherever helium spent two-and-a-half years successful prison.

Glitter was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security situation successful Portland, Dorset, successful February 2023 aft serving fractional of his fixed-term determinate sentence.

But helium was backmost down bars weeks aboriginal aft reportedly trying to entree the acheronian web and images of children.