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Pedophile Pop Star Holes Up in Airport Hotel

Facing crackdown in London, Glitter hunkers down in Bangkok

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2008 8:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Former rock star Gary Glitter, released after 27 months in a Vietnamese prison for molesting two children, is in a Bangkok airport hotel after refusing to continue his journey to London. Glitter, whose Rock & Roll Part Two remains a rock staple, is complaining about untreated heart and hearing problems, reports the Daily Telegraph. He faces restrictions on travel and approaching children when he returns to London.

"I want Gary Glitter to be controlled while he's here and I don't want him to be able to go anywhere else in the world to abuse children," said the British Home secretary. Glitter is staying at an airport hotel because Thai authorities have warned he'll be barred from the country as an "undesirable."

British rocker Gary Glitter was freed from prison in Vietnam Tuesday. He was deported but is refusing to return to Britain.
British rocker Gary Glitter was freed from prison in Vietnam Tuesday. He was deported but is refusing to return to Britain.   (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
British rocker Gary Glitter is flanked by Vietnamese guards during his trial for molesting children.
British rocker Gary Glitter is flanked by Vietnamese guards during his trial for molesting children.   (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, FILE)
Thu Duc prison in Vietnam where British glam rocker Gary Glitter served his sentence.
Thu Duc prison in Vietnam where British glam rocker Gary Glitter served his sentence.   (AP Photo)
Rock Gary Glitter after being sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children.
Rock Gary Glitter after being sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children.   (Getty Images)
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