Paedophile singer Gary Glitter was on his way back to Britain today after finishing a prison sentence in Vietnam for abusing children.

Shamed former glam rock star Gary Glitter will be free to travel anywhere in the world after he is released from prison tomorrow, his lawyer said today.

A US passenger jet landed in Vietnam yesterday, the first since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago, United Airlines Flight 869, from San Francisco, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, at shortly after 10pm (3pm Irish time).