Gary Glitter, a disgraced former pop star, was released from prison after completing half of his 16-year sentence.
Glitter, 78, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was given a sentence in 2015 for one count of having sex with a girl under 13 as well as four charges of attempted rape.
He was a prominent musical figure in the 1970s. According to a representative for the justice ministry, probation agents will constantly watch Gadd.
According to the BBC, he will be given a GPS tag. When Gadd attacked two girls, 12 and 13, he was at the height of his career. He had invited them to his dressing room backstage.
In 1975, he attempted to rape his youngest victim, who was less than ten years old at the time.
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Gary Glitter was freed on February 3, 2023. Gadd had been detained at Portland, Dorset’s HMP The Verne, a category C low-security prison. He was automatically released halfway through his sentence because he was given a fixed-term sentence.
According to a Ministry of Justice representative, “sex offenders like Paul Gadd are extensively monitored” by probation authorities and police, and they “face some of the harshest license restrictions.”