'My human rights have been breached': Glitter flies back to Britain and claims HE is a victim

The shamed pop star paedophile was given VIP treatment at Heathrow and smirked as he was fast-tracked through the airport with a six-strong police escort.

He avoided the cameras and even ducked out of a court appearance, sending a lawyer in his place to argue he should not have to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register.

Smiling pervert: Gary Glitter grins at reporters as he arrives at Heathrow

Glitter, 64, convicted of molesting two Vietnamese girls aged ten and 11, brazenly insisted he was innocent and called his 2006 trial in Vietnam a ‘travesty of justice’.

He trotted out a series of pleas for sympathy, including claiming he might have contracted tuberculosis while in prison in the Far East.

He is demanding round-the-clock police protection because he fears he could be attacked to avenge his crimes against children.

It could cost taxpayers £50,000 a year to protect him if police decide there are credible threats against his life.

Over the next few days, Scotland Yard will carry out a risk assessment.

Despite fears that he could re-offend, Glitter had vanished within hours of arriving in the UK.

An airport insider said he had been led through a tunnel before leaving by car, while police sources said he was now ‘no longer in London’.

Police escort: The paedophile pop star is led through the arrivals hall

He has three days to provide police with a permanent address. Officers are understood to be aware of his current location.

In theory, there is nothing to stop him going abroad again.

If he went to Europe he would have free movement with his UK passport. Alternatively, he could be staying with a friend in Britain.

His lawyer David Corker said: ‘I have no information about whether he will travel abroad but, realistically, what country is going to accept him?

'I know where he is – but I’m not going to say.’

Glitter landed at Heathrow shortly after 7am but hid in the terminal building for hours. He dispatched Mr Corker to Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court where a hearing was scheduled to deal with a Notification Order applied for by the Metropolitan Police to help them monitor Glitter, real name Paul Gadd.

Mr Corker argued that his client should not immediately be put on the Sex Offenders’ Register because his Vietnam conviction was flawed and passed in a country with an abysmal human rights record.

Counsel: Glitter's solicitor David Corker outside Uxbridge Magistrates' Court

He said: ‘Mr Gadd wants me to say that he didn’t commit the offences for which he was convicted.

'It was a show trial and he had no opportunity to put his defence forward.’

Mr Corker applied for a six-week postponement but District Judge David Simpson rejected the claims and ordered Glitter to sign the register within three days.

The judge said ‘Mr Gadd has sought to avoid the jurisdiction of this court’, referring to Glitter’s attempts to dodge deportation to Britain.

He now has three days in which to register with police his name, address, date of birth and National Insurance number.

He must tell them if he intends to stay at any other address for more than seven days. He can travel abroad without restriction for up to three days, but for any longer he is required to give police details.

Nonetheless, he remains free to travel anywhere in the world that will have him – making a mockery of tough talk by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith who exploited Glitter’s return to trumpet new measures to clamp down on paedophiles indulging in ‘sex tourism’.

Going home: Glitter with officials in Bangkok before his flight to London

It was partly thanks to her grandstanding that, after his release from a Vietnamese prison on Tuesday, Glitter pulled every trick to avoid being sent back to the UK.

His three-day odyssey took him to Thailand, Hong Kong and back to Thailand again before he was finally deported to Britain when 19 other countries said he would be refused entry.

Nowhere to run: The paedophile on his flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong

At Bangkok airport, Glitter paid to get entry to a private VIP area in the Thai Airways ‘Royal Silk’ lounge as arrangements were made.

They held the plane up ten minutes as his departure was finalised, which did not go down well with the other passengers.

‘I don’t want to be disturbed by anybody,’ he told a group of stewardesses after three Thai police had ushered him on board. ‘It’s your job to hold everybody back.’

This they duly did, even sitting on the stairs at one stage to bar entry to the upstairs cabin, where ‘Mr Gadd’ was flying business class.

Glitter took a seat next to a British Embassy official travelling with him. He dined on foie gras and seared salmon, tore up notes and business cards handed to him by reporters, and settled down to sleep.

At Heathrow’s terminal 3 three uniformed policemen and two plain clothes policewomen were waiting for him and led a gaggle of airport staff, security officers and Heathrow-accredited journalists through the walkways and corridors.

Officers from the Met’s Operation Jigsaw sex offender team were also in the group.

Pop star: Glitter in his trademark wig

Asked how it felt to be back, he gave a huge smile and an enthusiastic thumbs-up. He even allowed himself a moment of laughter.

Over at the magistrates’ court, Mr Corker was telling the Press that his multi-millionaire client was ‘not a well man’ and would seek medical treatment in a British hospital.

Glitter was complaining of a heart condition last week, but Mr Corker said the problems were suspected tuberculosis and deafness.

While his whereabouts were unknown last night, Glitter used to live in the West Country and has reportedly been using an alias to house-hunt there through an unwitting estate agent.

In his 1970s heyday, he performed in glittery jumpsuits, silver platform shoes and bouffant wigs, and sold 18million records.

His downfall came in 1999 when he was convicted of having 4,000 child porn images on his computer.

Yesterday his lawyer said he fears someone could lunge at him with a knife if he appears in public.

His concerns may be well founded.

As Mr Corker spoke outside the court, someone in the crowd shouted: ‘He’s a monster. He fiddles with kids. He should be killed.’

And what happens now...

Under the court order, Gary Glitter must:

1. Supply police with his name, address, date of birth and National Insurance number. If he spends seven days or more away from home, he must tell them where.

2. Tell police if he plans to make any trips abroad for more than three days. He must give at least 24 hours’ notice and provide an itinerary.

3. Sign the Sex Offenders’ Register. Headmasters, doctors, youth leaders, sports club managers and others, including landlords, are notified of the existence of a local sex offender on a confidential basis. 

Police could apply for more conditions - to bar Glitter from certain activities and areas frequented by children - but they would need to supply recent evidence that he is a danger.