Gary Glitter accused of 'total lack of remorse' for victims as he seeks parole

22 January 2024 , 18:01

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Gary Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was jailed in 2015 (Image: Getty Images)

Gary Glitter has been accused of a “total lack of remorse” towards his victims ahead of a parole hearing.

The parole hearing for the veteran performer, 79, will start later this week - but lawyers for a woman who was abused by the sex fiend when she was 12 years old have told the Parole Board he shows contempt for his victims.

The woman is suing Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, following his 2015 conviction for abusing her and two other young victims between 1975 and 1980. Richard Scorer, a lawyer from Slater and Gordon who represents her, said: “Our client has brought a claim for damages against Gadd for the appalling sexual assaults which he committed on her when she was 12 years old. This case is proceeding through the High Court."

He continued: "Throughout the case Gadd has refused to co-operate at all and has ignored court orders, deliberately making the process more stressful and traumatic for our client. This behaviour demonstrates Gadd’s total lack of remorse.

"We have made the Parole Board aware of his behaviour and they have confirmed that this information will be included in a report to the Parole Board panel ahead of the hearing. I hope the board take this matter very seriously as it is yet more evidence of Gadd’s lack of remorse, and contempt for his victims."

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Gadd pictured performing on stage at Wembley Arena in London in 1994 (Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Gadd was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. His sentence expires in February 2031. He 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.

But less than six weeks after walking free, he was taken back to prison for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children. In October, an application to have this month’s parole hearing in public was rejected, on the grounds that it was too difficult to contact all his victims.

The offences for which Gadd, born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, was jailed in 2015 came to light as part of Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan Police investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. Yewtree was credited for an increase in the reporting of sexual offences. Dubbed the "Yewtree effect", reports of sexual offences recorded by police rose 17 per cent by 2013.

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