Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter's victims say he has shown 'a total lack of remorse' as the depraved singer bids for parole

 Glitter, 79, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls Lawyers for a victim who is suing Glitter said he shows contempt for his victims The parole hearing is due to start later this week

Disgraced pop star Gary Glitter has been accused of having a ‘total lack of remorse’ towards his victims ahead of a parole hearing due to start later this week.

Glitter, 79, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980.

One of the women is suing Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, following his conviction.

Lawyers for the woman, who was abused by Glitter when she was 12 years old, have told the Parole Board that he shows contempt for his victims.

Richard Scorer, a lawyer from Slater and Gordon who represents her, said: ‘Our client has brought a claim for damages against Glitter for the appalling sexual assaults which he committed on her when she was 12 years old.’

Gary Glitter, 79, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three school girls between 1975 and 1980. Prior to that conviction, he was jailed for four months in 1999 for owning thousands of child abuse images

Glitter spent two and a half years in prisons in Vietnam after he was convicted for sexually abusing two girls, aged 10 and 11

The disgraced pop star performing in London in 1972

Mr Scorer said: ‘This case is proceeding through the High Court.

‘Throughout the case Glitter has refused to co-operate at all and has ignored court orders, deliberately making the process more stressful and traumatic for our client.

‘This behaviour demonstrates Glitter’s total lack of remorse.

‘We have made the Parole Board aware of his behaviour and they have confirmed that this information will be included in a report to the Parole Board panel ahead of the hearing.

‘I hope the board take this matter very seriously as it is yet more evidence of Glitter’s lack of remorse, and contempt for his victims.’

He was automatically released from HMP The Verne, a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset, in February last year after serving half of his 16-year fixed-term determinate sentence.

Less than six weeks after walking free, he was taken back to prison for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children.

In October 2023 an application to have this month’s parole hearing in public was rejected, on the grounds that it was too difficult to contact all his victims.

Glitter was recalled to prison less than six weeks after being released after he was seen allegedly viewing downloaded images of children

HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, where Glitter is serving his prison sentence

Glitter’s fall from grace began in the late 1990s when he was jailed for possessing thousands of child abuse images and was jailed for four months in 1999.

Six months after moving to Cambodia in 2002 he was expelled amid reports of sex crime allegations.

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.