Gary Glitter Released

[lankeela]

after serving 8 of his 16 year sentence - do you think he could resurrect his music career? I still enjoy his records and would probably go to a gig if he did one locally. Or do you think he should be permanently outcast?

[choux]

Happily, his tag should ensure his whereabouts, reclusive or otherwise. Will drug dealers dare go near him now (they cannot send children couriers)?

[choux]

I remember a tv interview, probably 25+ years ago, where Gadd said he was very popular with elderly women at some of his gigs!

[Zacs-Master]

'So you don't believe someone who has served their time should be allowed to return to normal life?'

No. Absolutely not in the case of a paedophile.

[Untitled]

why would you want to give this man any money when there are plenty of musicians who haven't raped anyone?

[naomi24]

Some crimes are unforgivable.

[Blubster]

I'm assuming that he'll be able to live off the royalties of his songs?

[barry1010]

And his state pension. Don't suppose he'll get much in the way of current royalties, his records aren't being played

[gness]

My abuser lived close by. Because I wasn't believed I saw him regularly for years. When I heard he had cancer I was pleased and I went to the Crematorium to watch the curtains close on his coffin.

What Glitter did never finishes for the children. It shouldn't for Glitter either.

[pastafreak]

Put on an ice floe and sent out to drift for eternity would be more suitable.

[nero2024]

gness
have you got a link to this statement ?
"He crept into the bedroom of a child under ten and tried to rape her."

[barry1010]

Nero https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2917014/amp/Gary-Glitter-crept-bed-sleeping-schoolgirl-aged-10-tried-rape-height-fame.html

[barry1010]

I'm sorry you weren't believed, Gness, I'm sorrier it happened to you.

[youngmafbog]

I'm with ZM. For most crimes yes return to normal. For a paedo absolutely not. And age has nothing to do with it with these people.

Unfortunately I did see him live many many years ago. He wasnt that great .

If I had my way this many would not be leaving jail before full end of term and even then with bits hacked off with a rusty cheese wire.

[youngmafbog]

Sorry to hear what happened to you Gness.

I agree entirely with what you say.

[gness]

Thanks for the link, Barry and your comments and Youngmaf's too.

When I was an adult I found out something that told me why my mother hadn't believed me when I was six/seven years old and threatened to send me to live with the nuns if I told anyone else. It explained it to me....and it hurt me.

[nero2024]

thanks i never heard that

[piggynose]

Gness...
I used to visit my cousins in north Dublin every other year in the 80s, 90s + up to 2014. When one of my cousins revealed that one of her brothers had sexually assaulted one of his nieces. Sadly this news created a division in the family, nobody believed the niece!! Apart from one cousin out of 10!!! I haven't been able to return to those heady days!! All contact seemed to have been severed!! Tbh i never had time for the cousin who allegedly carried out the assault.

[jno]

hm. I must confess I still like some of Rolf Harris's songs, but I wouldn't go to see him perform. I wouldn't listen to any of Glitter's but as I never liked them anyway, that's easy for me to say.

[gness]

I guess I'm lucky, Piggy that it wasn't family. He and his wife were big noises in the Church of Scotland and "well respected"
I recall as a child hearing part of a conversation where it was being said he had to move from Scotland to England because of the girl. When I asked what happened to the girl I was quickly told he accidentally ran her over with his car. I doubt that now.

[barry1010]

I've just read that he earns around £2k a month from Spotify and more from other streaming services.