Glitter remains in limbo at Bangkok airport
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Gary Glitter refused to board his connecting flight to Britain. (Reuters: Zainal Abd Halim, File photo)
Authorities in Thailand have yet to decide what to do about British 70s rocker Gary Glitter after the convicted paedophile refused to go back to Britain.
The 60-year-old rock star - real name Paul Francis Gadd - was deported from Vietnam on Tuesday after serving two years and nine months in jail for molesting two underage girls.
Vietnam tried to send him back to Britain, via Bangkok, but once he arrived in Thailand Gadd refused to board his connecting flight, saying he was ill.
He has since been refused entry to Thailand and Hong Kong and is back in limbo at Bangkok airport.
A spokesman for the British Embassy in Bangkok has told the ABC that Gadd is a free citizen and that the British Foreign Office has no legal authority to control his movements.
