Gary Glitter is being recalled to prison for violating the conditions of his license.
78 years old is released on license last month after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.
A spokesman for the Probation Service said: “Protecting the public is our number one priority.
“That’s why we put in place tough license conditions, and when offenders break them, we don’t hesitate to send them back to custody.”
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, had a string of hits in the 1970s. He was convicted and jailed in 2015 for historic sexual assaults.
He attacked two girls, aged 12 and 13, after inviting them into his dressing room backstage and isolating them from their mothers.
In 1975, the male singer sneaked into the bed of the third victim – a girl who was less than 10 years old at the time – to rape her.
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Police were called in to cause chaos at Gary Glitter’s bail dormitory
The allegations came to light when he became the first person arrested in Operation Yewtree – the investigation launched by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Upon his release in February, a Justice Department spokesman said that offenders like Glitter were “closely monitored” by both police and the Probation Service.
“[They] said the spokesman.
“If the offender violates these conditions at any point, they can go back behind bars.
“We’ve introduced tougher sentences for the worst offenders and ended automatic release for serious criminals.”
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Gary Glitter released from prison
One day after being released, a group of protesters allegedly gathered outside the bail dormitory where Glitter was placed after leaving HMP The Verne, a low-security Category C prison in Portland, Dorset.
They demanded that he be removed from the dormitory, located in a residential area, with a man trying to climb over a fence.
A spokesman for Hampshire police at the time said no arrests had been made and the situation was resolved.
Richard Scorer, head of the abuse law team at Slater and Gordon – representing one of Glitter’s victims – said his release was “particularly traumatic and traumatic” for the people he was with attack.
