From glam rock to criminal
He sold 18 million records in five years in the early 70s and enjoyed transatlantic success with a string of raucous rock hits.
Today he is a disgraced former star, thinned by years in a Vietnamese prison, practically bald and suffering deteriorating health as he approaches pensionable age.
Tomorrow he leaves his cell in Thu Duc jail, his home since a court sentenced him to three years for abusing two girls aged 10 and 11, and returns to Britain a convicted sex criminal.
In November 1997, his laptop computer was serviced and an engineer found thousands of child porn images saved on its hard drive. Glitter — born Paul Gadd in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in 1944 — was sentenced to four months, serving half.
In the face of the public’s disgust and horror, Glitter left the country, living off royalties estimated at £100,000 (127,000) a year. He was discovered by journalists living in Spain and moved to Cuba and then to South East Asia.
He was kicked out of Cambodia in 2003 and moved to Thailand and then to Vietnam. He was arrested trying to board a flight after allegations were made against him by the two girls.
In recent months Glitter, 64, has spoken about returning to the music industry and writing his autobiography, but for now he returns to the UK almost personifying the international sex tourist.
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