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Gary Glitter boards London flight Gary Glitter to sign sex register
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Paedophile and disgraced ex-pop star Gary Glitter has left Bangkok and is on a flight bound for London. Paedophile and former pop singer Gary Glitter has been ordered to sign the sex offenders' register after arriving back in the UK.
Glitter, who was jailed in Vietnam for child abuse, was denied entry to Hong Kong and twice to Thailand this week, after he refused to return to London. Glitter, who spent 27 months in a Vietnam jail for abusing two girls, left Heathrow airport for an undisclosed location on his return.
He spent three years in jail for sexually abusing two Vietnamese girls. His solicitor called the singer's conviction a "travesty of justice".
Glitter, 64, whose real name is Paul Gadd, sold millions of records as a glam rock star in the 1970s, with hits including I'm The Leader Of The Gang. Glitter, 64, and whose real name is Paul Gadd, became famous as a glam-rock star in the 1970s.
He also has a conviction in the UK, having been jailed for four months in 1999 for possessing images of child abuse. A judge at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court agreed to a notification order, which means Glitter must sign the register. The singer has 21 days to appeal against the order, which will last indefinitely.
He is expected to arrive shortly after 0700 BST on Friday. Once he has been served papers by police, Glitter has three days to sign the register.
Earlier in the week Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said it was her view that Glitter should be given a Foreign Travel Order, banning him from overseas travel. 'Unfair trial'
Glitter has reportedly been attempting to avoid returning to the UK since he was deported from Vietnam on Tuesday. The Thai authorities said they told him no other country would take him. He has informed police of the address at which he will be living, but the address has been kept secret.
When the flight from Ho Chi Minh City stopped in Bangkok he refused to take the connecting flight to the UK. He made a plea for medical treatment after saying he was suffering a heart attack.Advertisement Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Glitter will be monitored by the authorities and that her "top priority" is to ensure children's safety.
Glitter's journey from prison in Vietnam to Bangkok airport in Thailand She said: "I'm confident that we can protect children here and that is my top priority - the protection of children, not of offenders."
But the Thai authorities refused him entry and threatened to deport him to Britain. According to Glitter's solicitor, David Corker, Glitter said his conviction had been the result of an "unfair trial". The solicitor also said his client had used the past few days to make preparations for his return to the UK.
He then boarded a Thai Airways flight to the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, but was also refused permission to enter there. Glitter served a 27-month prison sentence in Vietnam
On Thursday he returned to Bangkok, and eventually agreed to travel to London after the Thai authorities again said they would deport him. "Mr Gadd is pleased to be back in this country," Mr Corker said.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says 19 countries had said they would refuse Glitter entry. I think these [new paedophile controls] are sensible and proportional ways of toughening up what is already a very tough system Home Secretary Jacqui Smith class="" href="/1/hi/uk/7563568.stm">Q&A Managing UK sex offenders "The last few days, as you know, he's spent travelling around Asia.
Julian Weinberg, a criminal lawyer specialising in dealing with sexual offences, said Glitter could not have been forced to return to the UK. "That time was not wasted. It enabled Mr Gadd and others to put into practice a plan for his proper and safe arrival here. Mr Gadd is not a well man. He needs medical attention.
"The problem is that the government is powerless to be able to take steps to force him to come back. "He's also unsurprisingly concerned about his safety, and these past few days have enabled the Metropolitan Police and I, on his behalf, to put into plan a proper procedure for his protection and his wellbeing, and I'm pleased to say that's now in place."
"Things might have been very different if he was put on a direct flight back from Vietnam to London." Glitter was denied entry to Hong Kong and twice to Thailand this week, after he refused to return to Britain.
When Glitter arrives in Britain he will be met at the airport by police and required to sign the sex offenders register. Mr Corker said Glitter was eager to appear before a UK court in an attempt to clear his name.
He will then be subject to monitoring and have to tell the police where he plans to live and if he planned to go abroad. He could also face an order prohibiting him from going near children or using the internet. Previous conviction
The solicitor said Uxbridge Magistrates' Court had not agreed to hear Glitter's claims that the Vietnamese system had mistreated him, but he hoped to have a future opportunity to have his case heard before a UK court.
Mr Corker also said his client feared he had caught tuberculosis while in prison.
GARY GLITTER'S TRAVELS Deported from Vietnam on TuesdayRefused connecting flight from Bangkok to UKFlew to Chinese territory of Hong KongRefused permission to enter Hong KongReturned to Bangkok on ThursdayPersuaded to return to UK
Glitter was previously on the sex offenders register for seven years, after he was jailed in the UK for four months in 1999 for possessing images of child abuse.
He will be subject to monitoring and have to tell the police if he plans to go abroad. He can live where he wants in the UK, but he will be legally bound to notify the police of his intended address.
He could also face an order prohibiting him from going near children or using the internet.
The National Association of Probation Officers said it was likely Glitter would be assessed as high risk and would be subject to unannounced visits.
Earlier in the week Ms Smith said Glitter should be given a Foreign Travel Order, banning him from overseas travel.
She also set out proposals to prevent convicted paedophiles from travelling abroad and said Glitter had not had his passport renewed when he had been in Vietnam.
But shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve says Ms Smith has not thought through these plans.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says 19 countries had said they would refuse Glitter entry.