The 64-year-old Glitter, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted in Vietnam in 2006 of committing "obscene acts with children" - offenses involving girls aged 10 and 11. He had a previous conviction in Britain for possessing child pornography.
Glitter's fall from grace began in 1997, when he took his computer to a repair shop and an employee there discovered he had downloaded thousands of pornographic images of children. Two years later, British authorities convicted him of possession of child pornography, and Glitter served half of a four-month jail term.
In 2002, he was traced to Cambodia, a gathering point for pedophiles, who take advantage of weak and corrupt law enforcement systems and endemic poverty.
He lived there for about six months before flummoxed Cambodian officials learned from the British press who he was. Some Cambodians, unhappy with their country's reputation as a haven for sex abusers, pressured to have him kicked out, which he eventually was that year on the vague grounds that he "had violated Cambodian laws."
In November 2005, Vietnamese police launched a criminal investigation against him for alleged lewd acts with a minor.
Neighbors in the sleepy resort town of Vung Tau said they often saw him bring girls to his home - a terra-cotta-tiled villa with a swimming pool and view of the ocean. At least five girls gave statements to police about their sexual involvement with Glitter, who denied the allegations.
In March 2006, Glitter was found guilty of committing obscene acts.
And all this from a man who loved seeing pictures and film of little children being tortured and raped. What do you think he was doing with those kids, Oi?