Gary Glitter has been banned from travelling to Spain via France, after Ashford magistrates' court granted a Foreign Travel Order requested by Kent Police last Thursday, it has been revealed. In order to obtain the order, police must prove that an individual is at risk of re-offending. Glitter, who did not attend the hearing, now has the right to appeal the ruling.
A spokesman for Kent Police said: "Kent Police will do everything necessary to protect children in this country, or abroad".
As previously reported, Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, was released from a Vietnamese jail in August after serving 27 months for abusing two girls. He was deported back to the UK by Vietnamese authorities, though he didn't seem too keen to come back here. While in transit he attempted to gain entry to Thailand and Hong Kong, but was refused by officials in both countries. The fact that police applied for the Foreign Travel Order presumably means Gadd was planning to move elsewhere in Europe.