Glitter to be freed from Vietnam prison

Gary Glitter will be freed from prison in Vietnam on August 19, AFP reports.

The glam rock singer, real name Paul Francis Gadd, was sentenced to a three-year jail term in 2006 for committing obscene acts with two underage girls in the Vietnamese town of Vung Tau.

Chu Xuan Mau, an official from Z30D Thu Duc prison where Glitter is being held, said: "According to Vietnamese law, Glitter will be freed on August 19. The decision on his release will be read before him that day. It will be signed by the director of the prison."

He added: "We have sent his file to the provincial external relations office and relevant police offices."

Glitter was previously jailed in the UK in 1999 for possession of child pornography.