Magistrates bar Glitter from fleeing to Spain

Disgraced rock star Gary Glitter has been banned from travelling after making plans to flee to Spain, it was revealed today.

Magistrates at Ashford, Kent, have imposed the order - which bars him from visiting Spain or France - after being told by police that he planned a prolonged stay overseas.

The ban will last for six months and could be expanded to include other countries if police or probation staff monitoring the sex offender find he has travel plans.

Today's disclosure comes less than two months after 64-year-old Glitter was deported back to Britain after spending 27 months in a Vietnamese jail for abusing two girls aged 11 and 12.

The former glam-rock star, real name Paul Gadd, was immediately placed on the sex offender register and ordered to notify the police if he intends to go abroad for more than three days. How police learned of the Spanish trip is not known.