"It certainly would be my view that with the sort of record that he's got, he shouldn't be travelling anywhere in the world." "We need to control him, and he will be once he returns to this country," Smith said. Smith also said she felt Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, should be issued a foreign travel order banning him from travelling overseas. His lawyer in Vietnam had said previously that Glitter didn't want to return to the U.K. In a recent interview prior to his release, the singer expressed a desire to live in either Singapore or Hong Kong.īritish Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Tuesday that if Glitter arrives back in London, he will be met at the airport by police and be added to the country's sex offenders registry, which would make him subject to monitoring. Chatchawal Suksomchit, the country's immigration laws decree that those convicted of child sex abuse in a foreign country can be barred. The 64-year-old spent nearly a day detained at the Bangkok airport because, according to immigration police chief Lt.-Gen. Highclere Castle in southern England, where the early 20th century period drama about the lives of aristocrats and their servants was filmed, is facing a serious staffing crunch. Though declared fit to travel, Glitter refused to reboard his original flight Tuesday night as well as another London-bound plane on Wednesday morning, airport officials told the media.
However, after he complained of an earache and chest pains, Thai officials took him to a medical clinic inside the airport to be examined. His scheduled trip from Ho Chi Minh City to London included switching planes at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport. On Tuesday, Glitter was released after serving nearly three years in prison for committing "obscene acts with children." She added that it is unclear what will happen to Glitter next and that his current status is a matter for the Chinese authorities. He is an actor and composer, known for Small Soldiers (1998), Velvet Goldmine (1998) and Sudden Death (1995). On Wednesday, officials said he boarded a flight to Hong Kong.Ī spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy, confirmed that China refused him entry into its territory. Gary Glitter was born on in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
However, he refused to board U.K.-bound flights and was detained by Thai authorities for almost 24 hours. Released from a Vietnamese prison on Tuesday and ordered deported the same day, Glitter had been scheduled to return to the U.K. Although he has refused to return to his native England, former British glam rocker and convicted child abuser Gary Glitter might have nowhere left to turn after being denied entry into yet another Asian country on Wednesday.Ī British diplomatic official revealed that China has barred Glitter from Hong Kong.
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