Gary Glitter to be deported to UK

Gary Glitter will be deported to the UK next week after serving his sentence for child molestation.

The glam rock singer, real name Paul Gadd, has completed his 27-month sentence in a Vietnam prison. Glitter was convicted in March 2006 of committing "obscene acts with children".

The arrest concerned two Vietnamese girls from the coastal city of Vung Tau. His sentence was reduced by three months on appeal.

Glitter's legal representative Le Thanh Kinh said: "He will be deported back to Britain.

"Police booked his ticket from Ho Chi Minh City to London and I have already paid for the ticket on his behalf.

"My client will have to board a flight to London, his ticket has been bought by the authorities here. After he lands in London, he's free to go wherever he wants."

Glitter will leave Vietnam on Tuesday. He will be met by police in the UK and made to sign the sex offenders' register.