Gary Glitter released from prison after child molestation conviction
By SHALLON LESTER
Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 12:58 AM
Glam-rocker-turned-pervert Gary Glitter has been released from a Vietnamese prison after serving 2 years and 9 months for child molestation.
The British musician, who was convicted in March 2006 of committing "obscene acts with children," was released early from his three-year sentence for good behavior.
Upon his release, Glitter 64, was put on a plane to Bangkok and is being deported back to Britain. In an interview with a Vietnamese newspaper, he said he is considering resuming his singing career or maybe moving to Hong Kong or Singapore.
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Born Paul Francis Gadd, Glitter was sent to Vietnam's Thu Duc prison after a nationwide manhunt in November 2005 that stemmed from allegations that he had molested 10 and 11 year old girls at his villa in Vung Tao. Authorities caught up with the disgraced rocker at the Ho Chi Minh City airport, where he was trying to board a flight to Bangkok. Despite proclaiming his innocence, a judge slammed Glitter for his "disgusting and sick" behavior.
Glitter's arrest in Vietnam was the culmination in his disturbing fall from grace. In the 1970s, Glitter cracked the Top 10 US music charts with his raucous anthem "Rock and Roll (Part 2)", a song still popular at sporting arenas. But he quickly became a has-been, appearing on variety shows and living off his meager royalties.
The trouble began in 1997 when he took his laptop into a repair shop in England and an employee discovered thousands of hardcore pornographic images involving children. He was convicted of posession of child pornography but served only half of his lenient four-month jail term.
After his release he retreated to Cambodia but was run out of town in 2002 by children's rights groups who protested his residence in the country. From there he fled to the seaside resort town of Vung Tao, where neighbors often heard him singing in his back yard and entertaining teenage girls.
By SHALLON LESTER
Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 12:58 AM
Glam-rocker-turned-pervert Gary Glitter has been released from a Vietnamese prison after serving 2 years and 9 months for child molestation.
The British musician, who was convicted in March 2006 of committing "obscene acts with children," was released early from his three-year sentence for good behavior.
Upon his release, Glitter 64, was put on a plane to Bangkok and is being deported back to Britain. In an interview with a Vietnamese newspaper, he said he is considering resuming his singing career or maybe moving to Hong Kong or Singapore.
CLICK FOR A GALLERY OF MUSICIANS WHO SPENT TIME IN THE POKEY.
Born Paul Francis Gadd, Glitter was sent to Vietnam's Thu Duc prison after a nationwide manhunt in November 2005 that stemmed from allegations that he had molested 10 and 11 year old girls at his villa in Vung Tao. Authorities caught up with the disgraced rocker at the Ho Chi Minh City airport, where he was trying to board a flight to Bangkok. Despite proclaiming his innocence, a judge slammed Glitter for his "disgusting and sick" behavior.
Glitter's arrest in Vietnam was the culmination in his disturbing fall from grace. In the 1970s, Glitter cracked the Top 10 US music charts with his raucous anthem "Rock and Roll (Part 2)", a song still popular at sporting arenas. But he quickly became a has-been, appearing on variety shows and living off his meager royalties.
The trouble began in 1997 when he took his laptop into a repair shop in England and an employee discovered thousands of hardcore pornographic images involving children. He was convicted of posession of child pornography but served only half of his lenient four-month jail term.
After his release he retreated to Cambodia but was run out of town in 2002 by children's rights groups who protested his residence in the country. From there he fled to the seaside resort town of Vung Tao, where neighbors often heard him singing in his back yard and entertaining teenage girls.
