Pop paedophile Gary Glitter could remain behind bars without being granted another Parole Board hearing.
Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was automatically released from prison in February 2023, halfway through a 16-year sentence. He was recalled just six weeks later for allegedly viewing downloaded images of children. Glitter, 80, is undergoing “initial assessment” by a parole expert to test his suitability to be released. He is not guaranteed another hearing before the board due to his record and the lack of empathy shown for his victims. He was jailed for 16 years in 2015 after reaching the halfway point of his sentence. The sentence expires in February 2031. The Parole Board, the independent body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners, is now looking at his file.
A Parole board member will examine reports from prison and probation staff, details of the sentence, and other relevant information such as his behaviour behind bars. The review helps determine if the case can be decided based on the written evidence alone, or if a hearing is necessary to gather more information.
But they can also rule that a prisoner is not suitable to be released and rule that they stay behind bars. It would then be two years before his case is looked at again. The Parole Board rejected his request for freedom at the last hearing.
Any new consideration is likely to take place at the end of the year. Glitter was denied a hearing in January last year due to the lack of empathy shown for his victims and his refusal to engage in courses behind bars. If he is refused again, he can still be considered for parole every two years until his sentence ends in 2031.
Last month the former glam rocker was declared bankrupt after refusing to cough up £508,000 in damages awarded by the High Court last year to a woman he raped when she was 12. Her lawyers at Slater and Gordon successfully launched an enforcement action.
The case appeared under Gary Glitter‘s real name of Paul Gadd at Torquay and Newton Abbot county court in Devon. A trustee can now take over his assets, including his £2m penthouse in Central London, and use them to pay the victim. A High Court judge ruled last year the woman was entitled to compensation to cover the time she has been unable to work and for the suffering Glitter caused.
It is understood that at least two more victims have since come forward to sue the singer.
Documents filed at Companies House show a firm Glitter founded, now run by associates, has £137,873 in assets. It paid off the mortgage on his flat in Baker Street.
He is also understood to still be raking in royalties while in held in various prisons.
Glitter sold millions of records and is believed to be paid royalties as a songwriter. It would mean he is earning each time his tunes are played on radio, TV or at a sports event.
By 2013, he had reportedly earned £1m from 1995 Oasis track Hello, which uses part of his hit song Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again. Richard Scorer, at Slater and Gordon, said after the compensation ruling last year: “Gadd’s refusal to engage with the process proves his utter lack of remorse, something we will remind the Parole Board about if he makes another application for early release.” The Board last year found Glitter had not engaged in sex offender courses in jail and was not satisfied that his release would be safe for the protection of the public.
Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could be to the public and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
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