Glitter in hiding after finally landing in UK

Published on Saturday 23 August 2008 22:07

SEX offender Gary Glitter was in hiding yesterday after finally arriving back in Britain and being ordered to sign the sex offenders' register.

Shamed former glam rocker Glitter, 64, has three days to give police his permanent address, but officers are thought to be aware of his current whereabouts. Neither Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, nor his solicitor would say where he planned to live now he had reluctantly returned to Britain.

He arrived home on Friday after a four-day tour of Asia in an apparent bid to avoid returning to Britain following his release from a Vietnamese prison. When he was freed after serving two years and nine months of a three-year sentence for sex crimes involving girls aged 10 and 11, Glitter flew to Bangkok where he was due to board a flight to London. Saying he felt ill, Glitter refused to board his ongoing flight, but Thai authorities would not allow him through and he eventually flew to Hong Kong.

Chinese authorities also refused him entry and he flew back to Bangkok where Thai police and immigration officials insisted he return to Britain.

He finally arrived at Heathrow on Friday as Scotland Yard successfully applied for an order requiring him to register as a sex offender. Being on the register does not prevent Glitter from travelling but if he plans to be away for more than three days, he must inform police or face up to five years in prison.