Pop paedophile Gary Glitter to remain in jail after losing latest parole bid
Pop paedophile Gary Glitter has lost his latest bid for freedom and will stay in jail for at least another two years, the Parole Board has revealed.
The disgraced 80-year-old was jailed in 2015 for the sexual abuse of three schoolgirls and was released automatically in 2023 after serving half of his 16-year sentence.
Glitter was recalled to HMP The Verne, a specialist sex offender prison in Dorset, within weeks after breaking his licensing conditions by allegedly downloading images of children online. And he's remained inside since March 2023, having been refused bail last year when it was ruled that he still posed a danger to children.
His latest application for release was refused today by the Parole Board, the MailOnline has reported. A spokesperson said: "We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board refused the release of Paul Gadd following a paper review.
"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community. A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims.
"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority. Under current legislation he will be eligible for a further review in due course. The date of the next review will be set by the Ministry of Justice."
The Parole Board is set to publish a written summary in the coming weeks explaining why it decided to turn down the application. In March the former glam rocker was declared bankrupt after refusing to cough up £508,000 in damages awarded by the High Court last year to a woman he raped when she was 12.
Her lawyers at Slater and Gordon successfully launched an enforcement action. T he case appeared under Glitter's real name of Paul Gadd at Torquay and Newton Abbot county court in Devon. A trustee can now take over his assets, including his £2million penthouse in central London, and use them to pay the victim.
A High Court judge ruled last year the woman was entitled to compensation to cover the time she has been unable to work and for the suffering Glitter caused.
It is understood that at l east two more victims have since come forward to sue the singer. Documents filed at Companies House show a firm Glitter founded, now run by associates, has £137,873 in assets. It paid off the mortgage on his flat in Baker Street, central London. He is also understood to still be raking in royalties while in jail.
Glitter sold millions of records and is thought to get royalties as a songwriter. It would mean he is earning each time his tunes are played on radio, TV or at a sports event. By 2013, he had reportedly earned £1million from 1995 Oasis track Hello, which uses part of his song Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again.
He served two-and-a-half years in jail in Vietnam from 2006 for sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11. Then at Southwark Crown Court in south London in the 2015 case, he was convicted of two indecent assaults and sex with a girl under 13 in relation to the woman who sued him.
Richard Scorer, at Slater and Gordon, said after the compensation ruling last year: "Gadd's refusal to engage with the process proves his utter lack of remorse, something we will remind the Parole Board about if he makes another application for early release."
The board last year found Glitter had not engaged in sex offender courses in jail and was not satisfied that his release "would be safe for the protection of the public".
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