WARRINGTON prisoner Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 in damages to one of his victims, her lawyers have said.
The woman sued Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd and is serving time in HM Prison Risley, following his 2015 conviction for abusing her when she was 12, as well as two other young people between 1975 and 1980.
The six-figure sum included £381,000 in lost earnings and £7,800 for future therapy and treatment.
A spokesman for Slater and Gordon, representing the woman, said: “We confirm that Gadd has been made bankrupt following our client’s application.
“As he has done throughout, Gadd has refused to cooperate with the process and continues to treat his victims with contempt.
“We hope and trust that the Parole Board will take his behaviour into account in any future parole applications, as it clearly demonstrates that he has never changed, shows no remorse and remains a serious risk to the public.”
Glitter, 80, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. His sentence expires in February 2031.
He was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February 2023 after serving half of his fixed-term determinate sentence.
Glitter was put back behind bars in Warrington less than six weeks after walking free.
Police monitoring showed he had breached his licence conditions by reportedly trying to access the dark web and viewing downloaded images of children.
It was reported earlier this year that the disgraced singer, a huge name in the music world in the 1970s and 80s, before being revealed to be a sex offender, is set to face the Parole Board from HM Prison Risley.
In the late 1990s, the ex-pop star was jailed for possessing thousands of child abuse images.
In 2002, he was expelled from Cambodia amid reports of sex crime allegations, and in March 2006 he was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11, in Vietnam, and spent two-and-a-half years in jail.
The offences for which he was jailed in 2015 came to light as part of Operation Yewtree, the Metropolitan Police investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
It was reported that Glitter was set to be present during his Parole Board hearing via video link from Risley prison.
In January, a Parole Board spokesman said: “We can confirm the parole review of Paul Gadd has been referred to the Parole Board by the Secretary of State for Justice and is following standard processes.
“Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released, and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
“A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims.”
“Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”
The Parole Board previously rejected Glitter’s bid to be freed from jail in a decision published in February last year.
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