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| Glitter facing Thai deportation | Glitter facing Thai deportation |
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| Thai authorities say they are preparing to expel former pop star Gary Glitter who refused to board a UK-bound flight, saying he was having a heart attack. | Thai authorities say they are preparing to expel former pop star Gary Glitter who refused to board a UK-bound flight, saying he was having a heart attack. |
| He was earlier deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls. | He was earlier deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls. |
| Glitter, 64, real name Paul Francis Gadd, arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, to catch a connecting flight to the UK. | Glitter, 64, real name Paul Francis Gadd, arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, to catch a connecting flight to the UK. |
| But he refused to leave the airport, demanding to be allowed to stay in Thailand or another Asian country. | But he refused to leave the airport, demanding to be allowed to stay in Thailand or another Asian country. |
| Thai immigration has declared Glitter "persona non grata". | Thai immigration has declared Glitter "persona non grata". |
| Thai police told Reuters news agency they were barring him entry and would be "deporting him to his home country, England, unconditionally". | Thai police told Reuters news agency they were barring him entry and would be "deporting him to his home country, England, unconditionally". |
| They said this would happen "as soon as possible". | They said this would happen "as soon as possible". |
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| Glitter sold millions of records as a glam rock star in the 1970s, with hits including I'm the Leader of the Gang. | Glitter sold millions of records as a glam rock star in the 1970s, with hits including I'm the Leader of the Gang. |
| He had earlier been refused entry to Thailand at Bangkok airport despite a plea for medical treatment. | |
| The BBC's Jonathan Head said a British police officer accompanying Glitter had been unable to persuade him to board the plane to the UK. | |
| He said police were advising the disgraced star, who is now believed to be in an airport hotel room, that he had no choice but to return to Britain. | |
| If he does return to the UK, he will be met at the airport by police and required to sign the sex offenders register. | |
| He will then be subject to monitoring and will have to tell the police where he plans to live and if he plans to go abroad. He could also face an order prohibiting him from going near children or using the internet. | |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Tuesday it was her view that he should be given a Foreign Travel Order (FTO) banning him from overseas travel. | |
| Travel bans | |
| Ms Smith has also announced plans to tighten controls on the movements of paedophiles. | |
| Proposed measures include increasing the length of time an FTO can apply from six months to up to five years, and automatically confiscating the passport of anyone subject to an order. | |
| At present, police are only allowed to rely on evidence from the previous six months about the risk an individual poses, but that time period would also be extended under the plans. | |
| "I think these are sensible and proportional ways of toughening up what is already a very tough system. I think that's what we owe to children in this country and to children abroad," Ms Smith said. | |
| The home secretary's announcement came after children's charity Ecpat UK accused the government of "turning a blind eye" to British sex tourists. | |
| The charity said it was too easy for nationals convicted abroad to stay under the radar of British police upon their return. |