Glitter 'spotted in orange wig'

Paedophile Gary Glitter has reportedly been photographed in an orange wig while on a shopping trip.

Glitter - real name Paul Gadd - served nearly three years in a Vietnam jail for sex offences against young girls.

The former glam rocker was barely recognisable in a large hat and wig and without his familiar grey goatee beard.

The pictures taken on a visit to a Sainsbury's store in Hampshire have appeared in a tabloid newspaper.

The 64-year-old has laid low in the UK since he was ejected from South East Asia at the end of his prison term.

He has been staying with a friend at his luxury home near the sea in Hampshire since his return, according to the paper.

In 1999, he was jailed in Britain for possessing child porn images on his computer.

When he returned to Britain he was ordered by magistrates to sign on the sex offenders' register and give details of his name, address, date of birth and National Insurance number.

A Hampshire Police spokesman would not confirm or deny whether Glitter had done so.

"It's our policy not to discuss the details of individuals registered as sex offenders," he said.

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