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Shamed Glitter in Thai hotel claiming a heart attack



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Published Date: 20 August 2008
PAEDOPHILE singer Gary Glitter did not board a flight to the UK last night after claiming he was having a heart attack.
Glitter, 64, real name Paul Gadd, finished a prison sentence in Vietnam for abusing two children yesterday and was due to be deported back to Britain.

He arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, where he was due to catch a connecting flight with Thai Airways.

However, it was reported last night he had collapsed in a bedroom he had rented for the night in the Louis Tavern at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. It is understood Thai immigration officials have refused him entry to the country.

The former 1970s glam-rock star served two years and nine months of a three-year sentence for abusing two young girls.

If he eventually arrives in the UK, he will be met by police and have to sign the sex offenders register. He will also have to tell authorities where he will live and if he plans to go abroad.





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  • Last Updated: 20 August 2008 12:15 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Gary Glitter
 
1

Guga II,

Rockall 20/08/2008 01:08:52
#1.

There's nothing sad about it. Sad no, sick yes. He should be put down.
2

somerferg,

perth 20/08/2008 01:28:06

No is he nothing if not smart - claim a heart attack and no doubt the taxpayers will have to provide him with a private jet/air ambulance to bring him 'home'. I say make him walk home.
3

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 20/08/2008 01:47:44

The words 'Repugnant Nutter' comes to mind, I am not usually this angry, to express feeling in such a way, as most of you know.

But I watched the mans interview on the News today, unfortuanatly, it spoke Volumes!

Maybe one should have not come back to the UK.
4

Pocket Dictionary,

20/08/2008 02:06:38

#1 Sad? Like most paedophiles he denies any wrong doing and portrays himself as the victim. He paid compensation to the Vietnamese families to get a reduced sentence. He could have been given a death sentence or faced up to fourteen years in jail, instead of the paltry three years he served.

Britain should give full life term jail sentences to paedophiles to stop them ruining the lives of children.

...........................

5

Boy Wonder,

20/08/2008 07:16:21
Let him suffer! He abused kids! Why should he be allowed into our country! Got to a deserted island, Gadd ... we don't want you here either!!!
6

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 20/08/2008 07:42:24

Huh BW ~7,

Yep! and indicated (said) in re interview, ....

" I did not think, it was against any laws in these countries"
7

ennerdale27,

sale cheshire 20/08/2008 08:23:21
A heart attack! well, isn't that convenient?
8

MacGillicuddy,

20/08/2008 08:50:24
Could somebody not "deal" with him out there before he returns here to do the rounds of the tv chat shows?
9

Stewarty,

20/08/2008 09:52:16
#10
If he comes back here, someone is bound to "deal" with him. He's probably realised that, hence his feigned heart attack.

The chat shows won't touch him because of what he has done. Ditto the tabloids which will hound him and reveal his whereabouts - that is what he faces.
10

MacGillicuddy,

20/08/2008 10:32:00
#11
Aye, you are probably right.
Perhaps the his return to England should be conditional on a stopover in Casablanca so he can have a wee bit of surgery at the well-known "clinic" there!
11

Anglofile,

20/08/2008 10:41:02
Just a heart attack, shame...................why couldn't he just keel over and die.
12

AJ Fife,

20/08/2008 11:44:13
A welcome pack containing razor blades, a lenghth of rope and 500 sleeping tablets should be handed to the freak when steps off the plane!

He'd be doing himself and everybody else a huge favour!
13

Lianachan,

Highlands 20/08/2008 12:10:46
I met him several years ago, long before any of this stuff happened. I wasn't a fan or anything, I just happened to meet him. Anyway, I got his autograph with the express purpose of selling it. Did I ever miss that boat! I've still got it, somewhere.
14

Miss Pixie,

formerly of Dinleyhaughfoot Cottage, Roxburghshire 20/08/2008 12:27:28
His persona as Gary Glitter gave me the creeps. As his real self, Paul Gadd also gives me the creeps.

Fortunately as "Gary Glitter" he remains virtually unknown here in the USA. As "Paul Gad Peodphile" he is known here for his repugnant deeds.
15

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 20/08/2008 18:29:53
Do they really expect us to believe that "he claimed to have a heart attack" and that everyone just went along with it?

Either he had a heart attack (even a suspected one) or he did not. If he had, then he would be in a hospital, not a hotel room. If he did not have a heart attack (which is more likely) then this is a ruse to buy him time while he arranges to go to somewhere other than the UK.
16

Alternative (High-Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 20/08/2008 18:33:01
...And having just read the main story, it seems that I am correct (again).
17

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