Disgraced Gary Glitter ‘will probably die in prison’ after he’s sent back for breaking bail

Gary Glitter ‘will probably die in jail’ after being recalled to prison for breaking his bail conditions, the former head of Scotland Yard’s Paedophile Unit has said.

Glitter, 78, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was released from prison in early February after serving half of a 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three young girls decades ago. Leaving the low-security HMP Verne on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, Glitter was fitted with a GPS tag and made to live under ‘the strictest license conditions’.

But the Probation Service said yesterday that the ex-glam rock singer — who had hit songs during the ’70s including ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Part 2’, ‘Come On Come On’ and ‘Do You Wanna Be In My Gang?’ — will be sent back to prison after breaching his bail conditions.

The Ministry of Justice did not specify how Glitter violated the terms of his release, though reports claim he was filmed asking how to access the Dark Web on a smartphone. Retired Detective Superintendent Michael Hames told Times Radio that Glitter was ‘not allowed to conduct certain things on his phone’.

He added: “As far as Gadd is concerned, he is so dangerous and so fixated on his offending behaviour that he’ll never stop – he’s gone too far. He’s arrogant, he’s opinionated. He’s someone who’s always going to be a danger to children, quite frankly.

Hames added: “No doubt he’ll serve the next eight years of his sentence… he’ll probably die in prison.”

Glitter rose to fame during the 1970s heyday of glam rock where he sold more than 20 million records. His career ended in disgrace following his arrest in the late ’90s, which saw him convicted and jailed for possessing more than 4,000 indecent pictures of children in 1999.

He left the UK for Vietnam, where local authorities eventually sentenced him to three years in prison in 2006 for ‘committing obscene acts with underage girls’.

The convicted paedophile was arrested again in 2012 as the sexual abuse scandal surrounding the late TV star Jimmy Savile exposed further crimes.

Glitter was convicted on one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13 between 1977 and 1980.

Prosecutors described how he abused his swelling fame to assault young fans. In the mid-1970s, he tried to force himself on a girl who was younger than 10 at the time.