Disgraced paedophile Gary Glitter has been thrown back into prison today after just 38 days of freedom. The former glam rockstar was escorted back to prison from his sheltered bail hostel after an investigation into the use of his smartphone and the Dark Web.
It comes after allegations this weekend that the 78-year-old was using a smartphone and was recorded saying he wants to find "the Onion". The term is used for the Dark Web, regularly used by paedophiles as it is hard to monitor or trace users.
Justice chiefs made the decision that the use of the phone breached conditions imposed when he was freed last month, reports The Mirror.
A source claimed: "Glitter hasn't left the hostel since he was released - he's even had other convicts do his shopping for him. But now he's been sent back to prison for breaching his licence it's clear he was never sorry for his crimes."
He was released from prison in Dorset and has spent the past month in a hostel in the south of England. Footage obtained from an alleged fellow inmate shows him looking gaunt and with a hearing aid.
He can allegedly be heard saying: "Shall I get rid of this DuckDuck?" and a companion replies: "Yeah, I wouldn't bother using that." Glitter responds: "So what do I do next? Let's try and find this Onion." It's believed "DuckDuck" is a reference to a search engine with high levels of privacy.
Glitter was freed after serving half a 16-year term imposed in 2015 for sexually abusing girls aged under 13 during his glam rock heyday in the 1970s and 80s.
He was previously jailed for four months in 1999 over 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.
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