The Sun, Pervert Glitter 'free by May', By Pete Bell, January 10th 2007
Seventies glam-rock star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter has been nominated for early release from his latest stint in a Vietnamese prison, The Sun reports. Glitter was jailed for molesting two gils aged ten and eleven. This isn't the first time Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, has been convicted for offences against children. He was jailed for four months in 1999, for possesing photos of children being abused. He was also put on the sex offenders’ register for seven years. He then fled the UK.
The Sun is extremely protective of children and is one of the main campaigners for 'Sarah's Law' which would give every parent legal right to know the identity of serious child sex offenders living in their community. It also, along with its Sunday newspaper The News Of The World, frequently exposes paedophiles.
The story is treated the only way any journalist can treat it. That is saying that Glitter should not be released yet. The story explains how the Vietnamese grant early release for well behaved inmates around the time of their 'Lunar New Year celebrations'. The story tells of Glitters previous offences to try and convince the reader that it is likely he will offend again.
The story also reveals that if he returns to the UK, he may put back on the Sex Offenders Register. This is to reinforce the message that he may re-offend, it is showing how the Home Office believes he is still a danger to children.
I think this story is well written and gives the reader quite a lot of information about Glitters previous offences.Although The Sun is clear;y against the early release they are not very harsh on Glitter. It is not unusual for The Sun to use a number of derogatary names to describe people the newspaper doesn't like. Personally I think Gary Glitter should serve all of his sentence. He has shown he will keep offending when he was caught over here he fled to Vietnam where the child protection laws are more slack. There is also a large child prositution problem there. When released I think it is almost inevitable that he will reoffend so the longer he's locked up the better.
Seventies glam-rock star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter has been nominated for early release from his latest stint in a Vietnamese prison, The Sun reports. Glitter was jailed for molesting two gils aged ten and eleven. This isn't the first time Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, has been convicted for offences against children. He was jailed for four months in 1999, for possesing photos of children being abused. He was also put on the sex offenders’ register for seven years. He then fled the UK.
The Sun is extremely protective of children and is one of the main campaigners for 'Sarah's Law' which would give every parent legal right to know the identity of serious child sex offenders living in their community. It also, along with its Sunday newspaper The News Of The World, frequently exposes paedophiles.
The story is treated the only way any journalist can treat it. That is saying that Glitter should not be released yet. The story explains how the Vietnamese grant early release for well behaved inmates around the time of their 'Lunar New Year celebrations'. The story tells of Glitters previous offences to try and convince the reader that it is likely he will offend again.
The story also reveals that if he returns to the UK, he may put back on the Sex Offenders Register. This is to reinforce the message that he may re-offend, it is showing how the Home Office believes he is still a danger to children.
I think this story is well written and gives the reader quite a lot of information about Glitters previous offences.Although The Sun is clear;y against the early release they are not very harsh on Glitter. It is not unusual for The Sun to use a number of derogatary names to describe people the newspaper doesn't like. Personally I think Gary Glitter should serve all of his sentence. He has shown he will keep offending when he was caught over here he fled to Vietnam where the child protection laws are more slack. There is also a large child prositution problem there. When released I think it is almost inevitable that he will reoffend so the longer he's locked up the better.
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