Sunday 24 August 2008

Gary Glitter - Media Hunt For Gary Glitter Continues After Uk Arrival

Disgraced former glam rocker Gary Glitter says he wants to fight his Vietnamese conviction in a British motor inn after arriving back in the UK last night.

But a pronounce at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court has agreed to a notification order, which means Glitter must sign the sex offenders register.

The singer has 21 days to appeal against the order, which will terminal indefinitely.

Once he has been served papers by police, Glitter has trey days to sign the register.

He has informed police of the address at which he testament be living, but the address has been unbroken secret.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith aforementioned Glitter will be monitored by the authorities and that her "top antecedence" is to ensure children's safety.

She said: "I'm confident that we john protect children here and that is my top priority - the security of children, not of offenders."

Earlier today David Hawker, solicitor for Glitter, said his client was "pleased to be back in this country" and explained Glitter had avoided making an appearance in court because of concerns over his personal safety.

Mr Hawker insisted the external limbo Glitter found himself in afterward being deported from Vietnam on Tuesday had non been "atrophied" time, explaining "it enabled Mr Gadd and others to order into drill a contrive for his proper and safe reaching here".

Glitter's return to Britain was delayed after he allegedly feigned heart trouble to foreclose the tripper back. He was deported first to Thailand and then Hong Kong in front finally being put on a plane to his home country.

"Mr Gadd is not a well man," Mr Hawker continued. "He is unsurprisingly concerned for his safety."

Glitter will move from terminal three to an undisclosed location where, Mr Hawker said, he would non have his safety put at risk.

Mr Hawker aforementioned he planned to challenge the Vietnamese conviction in a British court. He served closely three days for sexual molestation of underage girls before being released before this hebdomad, a sentence Mr Hawker described as a "charade" and "farce of justice".

"There has been no chance to put forward wherefore he was innocent of those crimes for which he was convicted in Vietnam," Mr Hawker said.

"He did non commit the offences for which he was convicted in Vietnam.

"It was a show trial run and he had no opportunity to put his defence fore. Ultimately he wants that to be tested if he tooshie before the courts of this country."

Glitter's health has deteriorated importantly during his spell in prison, Mr Hawker added. His auditory sense has suffered and he is concerned he has tuberculosis after sharing a cell with an inmate with the disease.





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