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Gary Glitter abandons sex offenders appeal
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 19 January 2009
Gary Glitter has abandoned a planned appeal against an order to sign the sex offenders register.
The former rocker, who was, of course, jailed for nearly three years in Vietnam after being found guilty of sex crimes against two young girls, was released in August last year, as previously reported, and finally returned to the UK after being turned away from a number of other countries.
The singer, real name Paul Gadd, had been due to appear at the Harrow Crown Court next month, but his solicitor withdrew the appeal in a letter which claimed that his client would not get a fair trial because of the media attention attracted by the case.
This withdrawal means that Gadd’s name will now remain on the register for life, along with his address, date of birth and NI number, and it also means he’s bound by a number of conditions.
He must notify the police when he moves house, stays anywhere else for seven days, or goes abroad for three days or more. Failing to do so can incur a prison sentence of five years.
