Gary Glitter faces parole hearing in prison release bid

Glitter was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February last year after serving half of his 16-year fixed-term determinate sentence.

A parole hearing to decide whether disgraced singer Gary Glitter should be freed from jail is due to take place behind closed doors on Wednesday (Metropolitan Police/PA)

A parole hearing to decide whether disgraced singer Gary Glitter should be freed from jail is due to take place behind closed doors on Wednesday.

It comes after the 79-year-old was accused of showing a “total lack of remorse” towards his victims by lawyers representing a woman who he abused when she was 12 years old and is now suing him.