The Road to Hong Kong

Gary Glitter left the limbo of statelessness after Thai authorities permitted him to board a Hong Kong flight after his refusing to return to his native England. The British police officer accompanying Glitter didn't have the cash to buy an onward flight.

The Home Office has confirmed Glitter was issued with a new British passport in recent months, which will make it easier for him to enter a third country.

Mr. Glitter says he's a fugitive from the press and maintains his innocence.

Gary Glitter Thai Persona Non Grata # 1

Non-Vatican Paedophile # 1 Gary Glitter at Suvarnabhumi International Airport after a short flight from Vietnam. The rock star's onward flight to London left without him after he complained about angina to the airport staff.

"We don't want someone with a bad record staying in our country. We are ready to deport him, and are just waiting for Thai Airways to get him a flight to his country of origin." Thai immigration officials have declared Mr. Glitter 'undesirable' or 'mai têe peung bprà-sŏng', leaving the deportee from Viet-Nam few options.

Police will be waiting at Heathrow to enter the 64 year-old into the sexual offender registry, although his lawyer in Ho Chi Minh City thinks Glitter is a changed man.

"Prisons in Vietnam are not like prisons in [the West]. They're very strict. When you come out, you are different. He doesn't want to go back to England, because he thinks that when people see him, he will look like a broken man."

Many people will be happy to see how far he's fallen, especially the British Press.

They love misery.

Vegas has odds on Glitter committing suicide before Xmas 30-1.