One month after being released on bail, Gary Glitter is scheduled to be sent to custody for violating the terms of his release.
In a report by The Sun, the embarrassed popstar, 78, was discovered attempting to enter the black web.
He has “been recalled to prison after a breach of his licence conditions,” the Probation Service has verified this evening, a spokesperson said.
He was seen in a newspaper photo asking how to use a smartphone to browse the web without being seen.
Glitter – real name Paul Gadd- was freed from low-security HMP Verne, in Portland, last month after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.
Authorities said he was living under ‘some of the strictest licence conditions’ including a GPS tag and close monitoring by police and probation officers.
Last month angry crowd sparked a disturbance at the entrance to Glitter’s halfway house after he was released from prison.
Strict bail conditions he was supposed to follow included wearing a tag and telling police if he enters into a relationship with someone who has a child under 18.
A Probation Service spokesperson said: ‘Protecting the public is our number one priority. That’s why we set tough licence conditions and when offenders breach them, we don’t hesitate to return them to custody.’
A source told The Sun: ‘The mood music is heading in one direction.
‘The Deputy PM has now taken a personal interest, as you would expect.
‘The pictures and comments in themselves are enough to have raised serious concerns.’