Gary Glitter risks going back to jail after being photographed ‘discussing use of the Dark Web’
Pop pedophile Gary Glitter is at risk of going back to jail after being photographed browsing a mobile phone and ‘talking about using the Dark Web’
- Gary Glitter was filmed at his hostel on bail apparently discussing the ‘Dark Web’
- Robert Buckland hopes the “Justice Department will take swift action to deal with this”
A former attorney general called for “swift action” last night after released pedophile Gary Glitter was apparently filmed discussing the sinister ‘Dark Web’.
Robert Buckland KC spoke after video showed the disgraced pop star, 78, in his isolated bail hostel, looking at a smartphone as he said he was trying to find ‘the Onion’.
This is a term for the infamous Dark Web online realm, used by pedophiles as it is difficult to monitor or track users.
Prominent Tory MP Lord Buckland, who was also Lord Chancellor, told the Daily Mail: “I would have thought there would be licensing conditions that would prohibit this type of activity and I hope the Justice Ministry will take swift action to deal with this.” .
A former attorney general called for ‘swift action’ last night after released pedophile Gary Glitter (pictured) was filmed apparently discussing the sinister ‘Dark Web’
Glitter (in a 2007 mugshot taken in Vietnam) has been released from prison in Dorset and is at the hostel in the south of England.
Former Home Secretary Priti Patel said if Glitter was breaching the conditions imposed when he was released last month, he should be sent back to jail.
“This is very shocking and makes you feel bad,” he added.
The Justice Ministry said: “Sex offenders are closely monitored by police and the Probation Service and face some of the strictest licensing conditions, including restrictions on internet use.” If an offender breaches these conditions, he can be returned to prison.’
But human rights laws protect the use of the web even by prolific pedophiles like Glitter. Appeals Court judges ruled more than a decade ago that it was generally wrong to impose blanket bans.
That means it’s hard to keep an eye on Glitter’s activities. He was released from prison in Dorset and is at the hostel in the south of England set in leafy grounds behind security gates.
Glitter (pictured in 1972) was released after serving half of a 16-year sentence imposed in 2015 for sexually abusing girls under the age of 13 during his glam rock heyday in the 1970s and 1980s.
Images obtained by the Sun on Sunday apparently of a fellow prisoner show him looking gaunt and wearing a hearing aid.
He says: ‘Should I get rid of this DuckDuck?’ and a fellow replies, ‘Yeah, I wouldn’t bother using that.’ Glitter replies, ‘So what do I do now? Let’s try to find this Onion.
‘DuckDuck’ is likely a reference to a search engine with high levels of privacy.
Glitter was released after serving half of a 16-year sentence imposed in 2015 for sexually abusing girls under the age of 13 during his glam rock heyday in the 1970s and 1980s.
He was previously jailed for four months in 1999 for a vile cache of 4,000 child abuse images found on his computer. Glitter went abroad and was jailed again in 2006 for sexually abusing two girls in Vietnam.