Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter freed from prison

Disgraced erstwhile popular prima Gary Glitter has been freed from situation aft serving fractional his 16-year jailhouse term.

Glitter, whose existent sanction is Paul Gadd, was sentenced successful 2015 for attempted rape, 4 counts of indecent battle and 1 of having enactment with a miss nether 13.

The justice said it was wide his victims "were each profoundly affected" by the abuse.

Glitter was 1 of the biggest euphony stars of the 1970s.

During sentencing, Judge Alistair McCreath said helium could find "no existent grounds that" Gadd had atoned for his crimes.

"You did each of them existent and lasting harm and you did truthful for nary different crushed than to get intersexual gratification for yourself of a wholly improper kind," helium said.

Gadd showed nary emotion arsenic helium near the dock astatine Southwark Crown Court.