Paedophile Gary Glitter believes a ‘psycho’ could attack him if he is moved to an open prison: Disgraced pop star remains on sex offender wing despite potentially being weeks from freedom after serving half his 16-year jail term

• The 78-year-old is reportedly at HMP The Verne on a vulnerable person wing
• Former pop star could have been recategorised and transferred 12 months ago
• Glitter was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexual crimes against a young girl

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter allegedly believes a ‘psycho’ could attack him if he is moved to an open prison.

The 78-year-old, who could be released as early as February, is reportedly at HMP The Verne on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on a vulnerable person wing.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, could have been recategorised and transferred 12 months ago, according to The Mirror.

‘He’s a coward. He doesn’t want to move because he knows that there’ll be a target on his back,’ a source told the newspaper. 

Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter allegedly believes a ‘psycho’ could attack him if he is moved to an open prison

Glitter (pictured in 1974), whose real name is Paul Gadd, could have been recategorised and transferred 12 months ago

‘He feels safe where he is because it’s a prison for sex offenders. But if he moved he honestly believes some psycho could get to him.’ 

Woman who was raped aged ten by Gary Glitter reveals she wept after learning of the pop paedophile’s imminent release from prison after just eight years behind bars 

A Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘Recategorisation decisions are taken by governors based on thorough risk assessments. We do not comment on individual prisoners.’

MailOnline has approached the Ministry of Justice for comment.

Glitter was jailed for 16 years for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and four counts of indecent assault in 2015. 

However, a report claimed he will be released from prison after serving just half of his 16-year sentence.

Sources in the Ministry of Justice reportedly said that the ‘nature of his determinate sentence means the case won’t go to the Parole Board.’ 

‘It simply means that as soon as his sentence is over, he is free to walk out of the prison gates,’ the source told The Sun.

They said that Glitter had ‘kept his nose clean in prison’ so his sentence will be nearly over.

An offender who is convicted of a sexual offence is released on a strict licence.

The terms of the licence can include staying in an approved premise, obeying a curfew and having GPS tagging, not having unsupervised contact with children and restrictions on internet usage.

Victims’ families can also be protected from unwanted contact through exclusion zones being set up.

If offenders breach the conditions, the Probation Service can recall them to prison.

Glitter found fame in the 1970s as part of the glam rock scene, scoring number one hits with I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am), I Love You Love Me Love and Always Yours.

The 78-year-old, who could be released as early as February, is reportedly at HMP The Verne (pictured) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on a vulnerable person wing

In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam

He suffered a spectacular fall from grace in 1999 when he admitted possessing child pornography images, and was sentenced to four months in jail.

In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations and, in March 2006, he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.

Glitter was able to travel to Cambodia due to gaps in the legal system an Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has found.

Shamed rockstar Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, admitted possessing child pornography images and was sentenced to four months in 1999.

But he was still able to travel to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia over unspecified allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam.

Glitter was later found guilty of abuse relating to a girl aged 12, one of 13, and another aged under 10, committed when he was at the height of his fame in the 1970s and 1980s.

Glitter found fame in the 1970s as part of the glam rock scene, scoring number one hits with I’m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am), I Love You Love Me Love and Always Yours

He was jailed for 16 years in 2015.

His lawyers lodged papers at the Court of Appeal following his conviction for abusing a string of girls as young as eight.

Sentencing Glitter after his trial, Judge Alistair McCreath said: ‘I have read the victim impact statements of all three victims. It is clear, in their different ways, they were all profoundly affected by your abuse of them. 

‘You did all of them real and lasting damage and you did so for no other reason than to obtain sexual gratification for yourself of a wholly improper kind.’

During his trial, Glitter broke down in tears after he tried to explain to jurors why he had been apprehended with images of child sexual abuse.

He tried to blame his offending on financial troubles as well as abusing alcohol and drugs.

He claimed: ‘I lost my own dignity, and I am so sorry. I am very sorry.

‘I am sorry today and every day of my life ever since. I am sorry to my fans.’

Glitter was jailed for 16 years for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and four counts of indecent assault in 2015

However, a report claimed he will be released from prison after serving just half of his 16-year sentence

In November 1997, when Glitter went to pick up a Toshiba laptop he had given for servicing at a Bristol PC World, he was arrested, Southwark Crown Court in London heard.

The engineer who examined the machine had discovered images on it related to child sexual abuse.

Glitter subsequently admitted responsibility for a ‘large number’ of images – depicting a full range of sexual activity taking place between men and very young children – being on his computer.

He complained on the stand that he had invested £200,000 into his career and was facing growing legal fees as the number of allegations against him increased.

He told jurors: ‘I was drinking heavily, I was doing drugs, and the other thing of course is that I had to find this money to pay for the legal costs and studio, and I was asked by my management to seriously do the one thing which was absolutely terrible – which was to sell my songs.

‘To sell my songs to Universal Pictures, and I regret it.

‘I was just in a bad place. I went to prison, I came out. I was remorseful and I am remorseful. I am so sorry. It changed my life forever. I lost my honour, I lost my family.’

Glitter added that he was just in the most ‘awful, awful place’.

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