by Convicted child abuser Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison in England after breaching parole conditions, following reports suggesting the former pop star was using the dark web.
Glitter was released from prison only last month, after serving half a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s.
Upon his release, the 79-year-old was ordered to a range of licence conditions, including wearing a GPS tag.
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The Sun on Sunday published a report which said the convicted sex offender was seen by another prisoner at Glitter’s bail hostel using his smartphone and appearing to enquire about the dark web, which hosts a range of illegal content and child abuse material.
Glitter was first jailed in 1999 after he was caught with 4000 child abuse images on his laptop.
He was sentenced for four months.
“Protecting the public is our number one priority,” a Probation Service spokesperson said after Glitter’s recall.
“That’s why we set tough licence conditions and when offenders breach them, we don’t hesitate to return them to custody.”
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was at the height of his fame when he preyed on young girls in England.
When his star faded he relocated to Vietnam, where he was found guilty of abusing pre-teen girls.
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The former glam rock singer, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was convicted and jailed in 2015 for historic sex attacks in the UK.
He was accused of abusing three schoolgirls, two aged 12 and 13.
The other victim was under 10.
He was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13.
The allegations dated back 40 years, and were discovered through London’s Metropolitan Police’s Operation Yewtree, the national investigation launched in the wake of the child abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile.
After his arrest in 2012, a court heard how Glitter had lured the three girls backstage.
Sentencing the singer at the time, Judge Alistair McCreath said: “I have read the victim impact statements of all three victims. It is clear, in their different ways, they were all profoundly effected by your abuse of them.
“You did all of them real and lasting damage and you did so for no other reason than to obtain sexual gratification for yourself of a wholly improper kind.”
Glitter is best known for the hit Rock & Roll (Part 2), released in 1972.
After his hording of child abuse images emerged, he fell further into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Vietnam.
He was jailed for two-and-a-half years in 2006 of sexually abusing two Vietnamese girls, aged 10 and 11.
