Gary Glitter to be freed from prison in WEEKS: Disgraced paedophile faces release after serving just half of his 16-year jail term having 'kept his nose clean' while behind bars
- Paedophile Gary Glitter is set to be released from prison early next year
- Pop star, 78, was jailed in 2015 for 16 years for sexual crimes against a young girl
- He reportedly 'kept his nose clean' in prison and case 'won't go to parole board'
The 78-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13, and four counts of indecent assault in 2015.
Sources in the Ministry of Justice have reportedly said that Glitter would be released as early as February 2023.
They reportedly said that the 'nature of his determinate sentence means the case won't go to the Parole Board.'
'It simply means that as soon as his sentence is over, he is free to walk out of the prison gates,' the source told the Sun.
They said that Glitter had 'kept his nose clean in prison' so his sentence will be nearly over.
An offender who is convicted of a sexual offence is released on a strict licence.
The terms of the licence can include staying in an approved premise, obeying a curfew and having GPS tagging, not having unsupervised contact with children and restrictions on internet usage.
Victims' families can also be protected from unwanted contact through exclusion zones being set up.
If offenders breach the conditions, the Probation Service can recall them to prison.
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman told said: 'Sex offenders released from prison are closely monitored by both the police and the Probation Service and may be recalled to jail if they breach their strict licence conditions.'
Glitter found fame in the 1970s as part of the glam rock scene, scoring number one hits with I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am), I Love You Love Me Love and Always Yours.
He suffered a spectacular fall from grace in 1999 when he admitted possessing child pornography images, and was sentenced to four months in jail.
In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations and, in March 2006, he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.
Glitter was able to travel to Cambodia due to gaps in the legal system an Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has found.
Shamed rockstar Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, admitted possessing child pornography images and was sentenced to four months in 1999.
But he was still able to travel to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.
In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.
Glitter was later found guilty of abuse relating to a girl aged 12, one of 13, and another aged under 10, committed when he was at the height of his fame in the 1970s and 1980s.
He was jailed for 16 years in 2015.
His lawyers lodged papers at the Court of Appeal following his conviction for abusing a string of girls as young as eight.
Sentencing Glitter after his trial, Judge Alistair McCreath said: 'I have read the victim impact statements of all three victims. It is clear, in their different ways, they were all profoundly affected by your abuse of them.
'You did all of them real and lasting damage and you did so for no other reason than to obtain sexual gratification for yourself of a wholly improper kind.'
During his trial, Glitter broke down in tears after he tried to explain to jurors why he had been apprehended with images of child sexual abuse.
He tried to blame his offending on financial troubles as well as abusing alcohol and drugs.
He claimed: 'I lost my own dignity, and I am so sorry. I am very sorry.
'I am sorry today and every day of my life ever since. I am sorry to my fans.'
In November 1997, when Glitter went to pick up a Toshiba laptop he had given for servicing at a Bristol PC World, he was arrested, Southwark Crown Court in London heard.
The engineer who examined the machine had discovered images on it related to child sexual abuse.
Glitter subsequently admitted responsibility for a 'large number' of images - depicting a full range of sexual activity taking place between men and very young children - being on his computer.
He complained on the stand that he had invested £200,000 into his career and was facing growing legal fees as the number of allegations against him increased.
He told jurors: 'I was drinking heavily, I was doing drugs, and the other thing of course is that I had to find this money to pay for the legal costs and studio, and I was asked by my management to seriously do the one thing which was absolutely terrible - which was to sell my songs.
'To sell my songs to Universal Pictures, and I regret it.
'I was just in a bad place. I went to prison, I came out. I was remorseful and I am remorseful. I am so sorry. It changed my life forever. I lost my honour, I lost my family.'
Glitter added that he was just in the most 'awful, awful place'.
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