Father brings his six-year-old daughter to protest Gary Glitter's bail hostel trends now

Father brings his six-year-old daughter to protest Gary Glitter's bail hostel trends now
Father brings his six-year-old daughter to protest Gary Glitter's bail hostel trends now

Father brings his six-year-old daughter to protest Gary Glitter's bail hostel trends now

A father brought his six-year-old daughter to protest outside Gary Glitter's bail hostel today, demanding: 'Why are they protecting a paedophile?'

The serial sex offender has been treated 'like royalty' by having his meals delivered by staff, according to sources at the hostel in the Home Counties, where Glitter, 78, was moved early Friday, upon his release from prison halfway through his 16-year sentence.

Yesterday police were called after two vigilantes stormed into the hostel's driveway and one clambered onto the electric gate.

But today, father-of-one David Jones, 46, who lives nearby, tried to engage staff at the hostel on an intercom after arriving outside with his daughter, who was wearing a pink kitten headband. He asked that his daughter not be named.

'We're spending all kinds of money to protect a paedophile like that – he should have died in prison,' said construction worker Mr Jones.

Pop paedophile Gary Glitter, pictured, who was released from jail yesterday, is facing protestors want to know 'why are they protecting a paedophile?'

Pop paedophile Gary Glitter, pictured, who was released from jail yesterday, is facing protestors want to know 'why are they protecting a paedophile?'

A father brought his six-year-old daughter to protest outside Gary Glitter’s bail hostel

protestors try and scale the security fence in order to get to the convicted paedophile

David Jones (pictured left), 46, who lives nearby, tried to engage staff at the hostel when he arrived outside with his daughter the day after police were called after two vigilantes stormed into the hostel's driveway and one clambered onto the electric gate (pictured right)

'I asked the staff why they were protecting paedophiles and not children like my daughter who live around this area. They told me they would call the police and it was private property.

'I just wanted them to explain to my daughter why a man like that is here at all.'

Mr Jones, who said he spent many years in the US, said residents there could check where paedophiles lived, but the same checks could not be done in the UK.

'It's completely wrong – why don't they do that here?'

Earlier, a vigilante who had been live-streaming yesterday's protest on Facebook from outside the hostel claimed he was planning to fly a drone around the outside of the facility to check whether Glitter – real name Paul Gadd – was inside.

The hostel, in a suburban area behind electric gates, is within walking distance of no fewer than ten schools.

The inmates have an outdoor gym, football goalposts, smoking shelter and spacious grounds to walk around, with an allotment area.

Nearby residents made their feelings clear about the prospect of having a sex offender like Glitter in their midst.

The serial sex offender has been treated 'like royalty' by having his meals delivered by staff, according to sources at the hostel in the undisclosed location in the south of England

 The serial sex offender has been treated 'like royalty' by having his meals delivered by staff, according to sources at the hostel in the undisclosed location in the south of England

The self-styled vigilantes, who arrived in a BMW, shouted to passing motorists outside the hostel: ‘Watch out, Glitter’s in there!’

The self-styled vigilantes, who arrived in a BMW, shouted to passing motorists outside the hostel: ‘Watch out, Glitter’s in there!’

Father-of-one David Jones, 46, who lives nearby, said: 'I asked the staff why they were protecting paedophiles and not children like my daughter who live around this area.' Pictured: Garry Glitter

 Father-of-one David Jones, 46, who lives nearby, said: 'I asked the staff why they were protecting paedophiles and not children like my daughter who live around this area.' Pictured: Garry Glitter

'I know these people have to be put somewhere,' one middle-aged woman told Mail Online, 'but there are loads of children, playgrounds and schools in this area, and it doesn't seem to be the best choice for a man like him.'

One children's playground on a private estate right next to Glitter's hostel is even visible through the fencing, and a child's swing is right by the fence.

According to reports, Glitter, who had a string of 1970s hits, has refused to engage with prison sex offender treatment programmes.

A source said: 'He attended the sessions but made it quite clear he wasn't interested.

'It was like a naughty kid staring out of the window throughout class.

'If a dangerous sex offender refuses to engage, surely they're just not fit for release?'

Others wondered why Glitter was apparently accompanied by three or four police officers on his 1.30am release from HMP The Verne, in Portland, Dorset, at taxpayer's expense, when he's perfectly capable of paying for his own taxi or even security detail.

'Most prisoners are just given a bus or taxi fare if they're lucky,' said a source. 'He was given the five-star treatment, which seems to be continuing in the hostel.'

Glitter has been categorised as a 'level 3' offender.

It means he is still seen as 'dangerous' and 'capable of

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