Glitter will be 'free to roam the world at will' the day he leaves jail

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Disgraced former rock star Gary Glitter will be free to roam the world at will without registering as a paedophile the day he leaves jail in Vietnam, his lawyer said today.

There will be no restrictions placed on Glitter, real name Paul Francis Gadd, from the moment he steps on an aircraft at Ho Chi Minh International airport, said Le Thanh Kinh.

'His ticket has been bought but I am not free to say where he is going. That is confidential. He will be escorted from the Duc Thu prison by Vietnamese police and a member from the British Consul in Ho Chi Minh straight to the door of the aircraft.

'Once he is on the aircraft he is a free man. He will not be accompanied,' added the lawyer. 'He has served his sentence'.

Glitter, who is about to complete a three year jail sentence for sexually abusing under aged girls in the province of Vung Tau, Vietnam, has a choice of regional flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Kaohsiung in Southern Taiwan, or the Gulf States, Phnom Penh, or Bangkok.

The 64-year-old has been blacklisted as undesireable from Cambodia but the blacklist has never been tested. He can connect to London via Singapore, Bangkok, or Hong Kong, though the route through Thailand is shortest.

Sudarat Sereewat Secretary General of Fight Against Child Exploitation in Thailand said.

'The authorities are aware of Gary Glitter. But he has not been convicted of an offence in Thailand so I am not sure what can be done except to keep him under surveillance if he comes here.'