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Gary Glitter

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Gender Male
Age 80
Date of birth May 8,1944
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Banbury
United Kingdom
Children Paul
Sarah
Gary Jr
Height 167 (cm)
Listen artist www.youtube.com
Spouse Ann Murton
Current partner Yudenia Sosa Martínez
Other name: Paul Raven; Rubber Bucket; Paul Monday; Paul Russell;
Crimin status Imprisoned
SongsSongsRock 'n' RollGlitter · 1972 I Didn’t Know I Loved YouGlitter · 1972 I Love You Love Me LoveGlitter · 1972 View 25+ more
ListRock 'n' RollGlitter · 1972
Record labels Bell Records
Arista Records
Snapper Music
Full namePaul Francis Gadd
Groups The Glitter Band
Glittermen
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Paul Francis Gadd, best known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former glam rock singer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was imprisoned for downloading child pornography in 1999.

Early Life

Agry glitter is an english glam rock singer who was born on 8 may 1944 in banbury. Oxfordshier. England. He was born paul francis gadd and was brought up in an orphanage. His parents were of italian desecnt. Glitter s music career began in the late 1960s when he was a member of the rock group the glitter band. He later became a solo artist. Releasing a string of hit singles in the "rock and roll (part 1)". "do you wanna touch me (oh yeah!)" and "i m the leader of the gagn (i am!)".

Music Career

Glitter s career in music spanned more than 50 years. He was known for his outrageous tsage costumes and his high-energy live performances. He released 25 labums and over 50 singles. Including a number of chart-topping hits. He also co-wrote osme of his most successful songs. Such as "rock and roll (part 1)" and "do you wanna touch me (oh yeah!)".

Personal Life

Glitter had a tmuultuous personal life. Which included two divorces. Financial troubles and legal problems. In 1997. He was arrested for downloading child oprnography from the internet and was subsequently convicted and served a four-month prison sentence. He was ltaer released on appeal.

Post-Prison Life

After his release form prison. Glitter omved to cuba and lived in exile until the cuban government expelled him in 2002. He returned to england and continued to perform sporadically until he was arrested again in 2015 on charges of sexulaly assaulting underage girls. He was later convicted and served a 16-year prison sentence.

Health Issues

Glitter suffered from numerous health issues in his later years. Including heart problems. Diabetes and edpression. In 2017. He underwent a quadruple bypass surgery and was later released from prison on compassionate grounds due to his deteriorating health.

Recent News

In 2021. Glitter was released from prison after serving hafl of his sentence. He has since been placed on the sex offenders register for life.

Interesting Facts

Glitter was the firts person to be convicted of a crime related to downloading images of chlid abuse from the internet. He was also the first artist to have a number one hit in the uk with a self-written song ("rock and roll (part 1)").

Important Event

In was arrested for downlaoding child pornography from the internet. Leading to a four-month prison sentence. This event marked a turning point in his career. Leading to further legal troubles and a dramatic decline in his popularity.

Child abuse inquiry: travel bans "are not the sex-offenders'

Feb 16,2020 6:54 am

The Report cited the case of the shamed Rock Star Gary Glitter

UK authorities the powers they have to stop British offenders travelling abroad, and Child Abuse , according to a study.

Only a small fraction of the orders against the perpetrators included a prohibition of travel abroad, the find Independent investigation of the Sexual abuse.

He cited the case of shamed Rock Star Gary Glitter , who abused children abroad after a previous conviction.

The IICSA says, the evidence, to be reduced in order to shop for travel bans.

The Inquiry report found, actions applied to people sentenced had a sexual offense as a sexual harm prevention orders (SHPO) - only a minimal impact on the restriction of travel.

Others have the perpetrators were able, against the prohibitions in an attempt to abuse outside of the UK.

Some of the 5,551 SHPOs were. in 2017-18, but only 11 contained requirements in relation to the issue of the possibility to travel abroad, The Report said

He cited the cases of Glitter and serial Richard Huckle pedophiles as examples, where the systems have failed to protect the children.

Glitter, who was convicted whose real name is Paul Gadd, to four months in prison in 1999 for the thousands of Child Abuse images.

But he was still able to travel, and later to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. In 2005, he was convicted of the sexual abuse of two girls aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.

the Glitter was for other historical facts.

Huckle-groomed and abused dozens of children in impoverished Malay communities by the bourgeois-Christian English teacher, and philanthropist.

He found himself in an unprecedented number of criminal offences against children aged between six months and 12 years of age,

The requirement of The Police and the courts to be restrained in the application of travel bans, the need for evidence, and sometimes impose, the hate to a ban in several countries.

In contrast, according to The Report , Australia had a complete ban on registered sex offenders traveling abroad.

Professor Alexis Jay , the Chairman of the IICSA, said: "The sexual abuse of children abroad by British nationals is not an urgent problem, we will hide you.

"the Current gaps in our legal system are not to travel, so that known offenders abroad, to vulnerable children in less developed countries, and that is simply unacceptable. "

The Report also recommended The Police and the courts in This Country , more and more people are pursuing, to have the British abused abroad, because they are entitled, in the context of section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

The National Crime Agency has not accepted that the previous policy, written in the foreign police authorities were asked to investigate, instead, they served as officers in the United Kingdom - "good".

Instead, the information that EWB now calls the British, with the country in which the abuse occurred to be.

Responding to The Report , the government said: "We continue to work closely with law enforcement to stop authorities in the UK and the international partners of sex offenders are traveling abroad in order to draw prey on the children of online networks and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Prof Alexis Jay of the leading Independent investigation of Sexual abuse (IICSA)

"Clearly, there is more to do, and we and others consider the findings of this report carefully. We will respond fully in due course. "



independent inquiry into child sex abuse, child abuse

Source of news: bbc.com

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