Gary Glitter's bail hostel was targeted by angry protesters within days of his early release from prison.
A group of vigilantes were alerted to the 70s pop star and convicted paedophile's location at a property in Hampshire via a local Facebook group.One tried to scale the entrance and shook a perimeter gate before police arrived yesterday, The Times reported.
Glitter was released from prison late last week after serving half his sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.Glitter, 79, real name is Paul Gadd, was found guilty of the abuse by a court in 2015 and sentenced to sixteen years in prison. The paedophile glam rock singer, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, left HMP The Verne on Friday.
He is now being kept on bail at a hostel close to a children's playground on an estate. Numerous schools are also nearby.Hampshire Police said: “Officers attended the scene and the situation was resolved.Glitter reportedly failed to engage fully with treatment programmes for sex offenders while in prison and was considered to still be a risk to children.Glitter is escorted by police officers to prison in 2015.
The offences for which he was jailed in 2015 took place in the mid-1970s, with Glitter luring girls aged 12 and 13 to his dressing room and away from their mothers.A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “Sex offenders like Paul Gadd are closely monitored by the police and Probation Service and face some of the strictest licence conditions, including being fitted with a GPS tag.
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