Gary Glitter
Convicted pedophile and musician, Paul Gadd, whose stage name is "Gary Glitter," was supposed to be deported to the United Kingdom, from Vietnam on August 19, 2008, after spending 27 months in prison. He boarded a flight in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and flew to Bangkok, Thailand for a stopover. From there he was expected to get on a flight to Heathrow Airport in London, but he refused and claimed he was having a heart attack.1
Fast Facts
- Arrested in Britain in 1997 after taking his computer, containing pornographic images of children, to a repair shop2
- Sentenced to four months in prison in 19992
- Reportedly moved to Cuba, then Cambodia, where he was expelled for allegedly seeking out underage sex2
- Relocated to Vietnam where it was reported that he was living with an underage girl2
- Arrested in November of 2005 after trying to leave for Thailand
- March 2006: Sentenced to three years in jail in Vietnam
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