Disgraced popstar Gary Glitter could be freed from prison next month after he made a bid to be released. Glitter, 79, was released from his 16-year sentence in February last year after he sexually abused three underage girls.
The former star, who is known by his real name of Paul Gadd, was subsequently placed back in prison barely a month after his release when he breached his licensing conditions.
However, Glitter could now be back on the streets again after a parole hearing on January 24.
According to The Sun, Caroline Corby – the chair of the Parole Board of England and Wales – said the hearing would be held behind closed doors.
Following a hearing, a decision is ordinarily made within 14 days on whether an inmate could be given parole. This means that by early February Glitter could be released.
News of his hearing later this month incensed Richard Scorer, a solicitor who represents one of Glitter’s victims.
In previous discussions about Glitter, Mr Scorer has outlined how difficult Glitter’s release had been on his client.
He said: “My client wants him locked up for as long as possible and I hope the Parole Board will take a common sense view, put public safety first and ensure he stays behind bars.
“Anything else would be madness.”
Glitter’s crimes against his victims came while he was among Britain’s biggest popstars during the Seventies, when he racked up a series of number one hits including I’m the Leader of the Gang (I Am).
He was originally jailed in 1999 when sick child abuse images were found on his laptop.
Soon after his offending became even more depraved as Glitter later his in Cuba – where he fathered a love child before moving to Cambodia.
He was later deported for child abuse in 2002, moving next to Vietnam.
While there he was sent to prison again in 2006 – this time for abusing two girls aged 11 and 12. He then returned back to Britain in 2015, where the extent of his crimes were laid bare as he was the first person to be arrest as part of Operation Yewtree – the investigation launched amid the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He was sentenced to 16 years behind bars for the historic attacks but released midway through the sentence.
