DISGRACED Gary Glitter has lost his bid for freedom after being hauled back to jail for allegedly downloading images of children.
The paedo pop star, 79, was locked up again after breaching his licencing conditions in March last year.
Gary Glitter lost his parole bid
He was sent back to the jail after The Sun revealed pictures of him browsing on his phone
Glitter – real name Paul Gadd – had only been released from his 16-year sentence for abusing three schoolgirls just one month before.
He had faced a private parole hearing to decide whether he can be released or serve the rest of his jail term behind bars.
The Parole Board confirmed today Glitter had lost his bid as he is still showing a “sexual interest in underage girls”.
The panel said it was not satisfied the public would be safe with the singer roaming the streets.
Glitter has also swerved programmes designed to address his crimes as he “continues to deny having a sexual interest in children”, the board said.
It added: “There was also concern about the lack of victim empathy which he had continued to show.”
Glitter preyed on his young victims during the height of his fame in the 1970s.
He was first jailed in 1999 after a sickening cache of child abuse images was found on his laptop.
The former rocker later hid in Cuba where he fathered a love child with a Yudenia Sosa Martinez before moving to Cambodia.
But Glitter was deported for suspected child abuse in 2002 and next settled in Vietnam.
The predator was caged again in the country in 2006 for abusing two girls aged 11 and 12.
Glitter returned to the UK in 2015 after travelling between countries notorious for sex tourism.
The extent of his crimes was revealed years later when he became the first person to be arrested under Operation Yewtree – the investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Glitter was locked up for 16 years in 2015 for historic sex attacks on three young girls but was released midway through the sentence.
He was returned to prison for breaching his licence after The Sun on Sunday revealed he was allegedly viewing videos of children.
The choice to allow Glitter a hearing was previously slammed by lawyers representing one of his victims, who was just 12 years old when the singer abused her.
Gary Glitter’s fall from grace
November 1999
Glitter is jailed for four months after pleading guilty to 54 offences of making indecent photographs of children under 16.
January 2000
Singer is released from jail after serving two months and travels to Spain then Cuba
February 2001
Glitter has a son with Yudenia Sosa Martinez in Cuba
2002
The star is kicked out of Cambodia after facing allegations of sex crimes and moves to Thailand, before going on to the Vietnamese coastal resort of Vung Tau.
March 2006
Glitter is convicted of sexually abusing two Vietnamese girls, aged 10 and 11, and is sentenced to three years in prison.
August 2008
He returns to the UK after serving two-and-a-half years in jail.
October 2012
Glitter is the first person to be arrest under Operation Yewtree – the Met investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
June 2014
The Leader of the Pack singer is charged with eight counts of sexual offences, which later becomes 10 counts.
February 2015
Glitter is convicted of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. He is jailed for 16 years.
November 2015
The disgraced pop star loses a Court of Appeal challenge against his conviction.
February 2023
Glitter is released from HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, after eight years behind bars. He was put back in prison less than six weeks later for breaching his licensing conditions.
January 2024
A Parole Board hearing is held in private to determine whether Glitter can be released.
February 7, 2024
The board confirms Glitter will have to remain behind bars as he still has a “sexual interest in underage girls”.
Richard Scorer, from Slater and Gordon who represents her, said: “Throughout the case Gadd has refused to co-operate at all and has ignored court orders, deliberately making the process more stressful and traumatic for our client.
“This behaviour demonstrates Gadd’s total lack of remorse.
“We have made the Parole Board aware of his behaviour and they have confirmed that this information will be included in a report to the Parole Board panel ahead of the hearing.
“I hope the board take this matter very seriously as it is yet more evidence of Gadd’s lack of remorse, and contempt for his victims.”
Glitter used his fame to abuse young girls
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