Pop paedo Gary Glitter could be free in months to the despair of girl he attacked Updated: 21:20, 2 Jun 2021 POP paedophile Gary Glitter is edging closer to freedom — to the despair of one of the youngest girls he attacked. The disgraced star, 77, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for rapes and sex attacks on girls. 4 Gary Glitter is set to take his first steps to freedom - just six years after fearing he would die in prisonCredit: Handout 4 Diem was just ten when she was molested He was expected to die in jail but instead has got the green light to move to a cushy open prison. Governors have ruled he is a “low risk of harm to the public”.