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Gary Glitter to be released from prison this month

August 5th, 2008 by Scott Marks

Gary Glitter on his way to Thu Doc prison in 2005

Glam rocker Gary Glitter is the only entertainer to spend more time in Viet Nam than Bob Hope. While Bob’s biggest sin was holding an audience of bored G.I.’s captive for 90 minutes, Gary spent three years in the Thu Duc prison for committing obscene acts with two girls, ages 10 and 11.

In 1999, the British Pop Star was listed as a sex offender after he was convicted of having downloaded 4,000 images of child porn to his computer. He tried in vain to keep his recording career going, but the public wasn’t in the market for the song stylings of a convicted child molester. Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You sold more copies than anything Glitter offered.

In 2002, Glitter was suspected of sexually abusing minors and permanently exiled from Cambodia. According to the Bangkok Post, Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was accused of kissing, fondling and “engaging in other physical acts” with the girls at his rented villa. Continue reading Gary Glitter to be released from prison this month

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