Where is Gary Glitter now? Pedo pop gets out of jail after serving half of 16-year sentence

Gary Glitter, a former English glam rock singer, was granted bail on Thursday, February 2, and is now residing close to ten schools. The serial child abuser is currently housed in a bail hostel close to a housing development with a busy playground, but fortunately, because to his severe licensing requirements, he is strictly forbidden from going anywhere near schools, playgrounds, or swimming pools. Glitter was released from Portland's HMP The Verne, a facility exclusively for male sex offenders, at 1.25 am after serving only half of his 16-year sentence. Four police officers led the 78-year-old as he was placed in the rear of a black saloon to a bail hostel at a top-secret suburban site during the entire operation, which took weeks to prepare. The Sun reports that sources, however, reacted angrily when they learned that he was released automatically. “By law, officials’ hands were completely tied," one said. “He had to be released at the halfway point of his sentence. But Glitter simply hasn’t engaged properly with the treatment he was offered inside. He attended the sessions but made it quite clear he wasn’t interested. It was like a naughty kid staring out of the window throughout the class. If a dangerous sex offender refuses to engage, surely they’re just not fit for release?” One of his victims said after the release, "It’s hit me really hard. I can’t believe this is happening to me. I just can’t do this anymore. He should never be let out of prison for what he did. He’s just done eight years but I’m doing a life sentence." The victim then added, "I can never forget what this monster did to me and I’m still struggling to deal with it. I really believe that he is still a danger to society. Who knows what he could go on  to do?” The outlet previously reported that Glitter got permission to get out of prison in June 2021. He will always be a grave risk to young girls, according to one of his child victims in Vietnam who was abused when she was just 10 years old. The idea that he might soon be free is horrifying. The things he did to me are still giving me nightmares. “Sex offenders like Paul Gadd are closely monitored by the police and Probation Service and face some of the strictest license conditions including being fitted with a GPS tag", a Ministry of Justice spokesman said last night. “If the offender breaches these conditions at any point, they can go back behind bars. We’ve already introduced tougher sentences for the worst offenders and ended the automatic halfway release for serious crimes.” “If there’s one thing we know about serious sex offenders, it’s that they are overwhelmingly likely to try to offend again", said Lawyer Richard Scorer, who represents one of Glitter’s victims. "It’s almost inconceivable that he won’t and his failure to engage with these programs just reinforces that. My client will be incredibly concerned. Glitter will be subject to a number of license conditions for a period of time. But the system is never fail-safe and once someone is out, there’s always a risk. With someone like this, there’s a significant risk — and that’s a very difficult thing for victims to be contemplating. This is a real source of concern. This needs to be looked at because there’s a real disconnect between the way the system operates and the way it looks to victims and the risk it involves.”