Pedophile pop star Gary Glitter was given the COVID-19 vaccine – before his victims and prison staff protected him, according to a report.
The 76-year-old sex offender – whose real name is Paul Gadd – was among a string of elderly perverts who got the jab last week in the British prison, where he is serving 16 years for abusing three girls.
British government officials have insisted in the newspaper that prisoners be “vaccinated at the same time as the general public” and not given priority.
But David Spencer of the Center for Crime Prevention said it proves the system needs urgent reconsideration. ‘
“There are still a lot of key workers and vulnerable people who need to get some more time. “It is wrong to single out criminals in front of them,” he told The Sun.
A source told The Sun that convicted sex offenders were many of the first to get the chance because many of them are senior citizens. Because of their young age, victims are probably among the last to receive the same protection.
“You have a number of prisons where there is a significant group of elderly sex offenders in their 70s and 80s,” the source said.
‘Because of their age, they will get the vaccine first.
“But if you’re a Prison Officer looking after Glitter and you did not have the sting, you will not be happy,” the source said.
Glitter is being vaccinated at Dorset Prison The Verne, dubbed ‘luxury Alcatraz’, because of the island’s environment and mild conditions, The Sun said.
He has been jailed since 2015 for abusing three young girls – his third prison sentence for pedophile crimes.
He was first jailed in 1999 for downloading images of child abuse, and then again in 2006 for molesting two 11- and 12-year-old girls.
A government spokesman called on The Sun to release the detainees “in line with the priority groups set out by the Independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization.”