Gary Glitter has heart attack

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:55 pm

Glitter has heart attack

GARY Glitter is in hospital after a heart attack, the News of the World reports.

He collapsed clutching his chest in the Vietnam jail where he is serving three years.

But although the attack left him terrified, fighting for breath and in agony... he survived.

British and Vietnamese officials have been in talks over his early release on health grounds.

:-5:-5:-5:-5

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:03 pm

Bloodyhell!

I thought you meant Redglitter........Phew!

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:00 pm

abbey;760745 wrote:

Bloodyhell!

I thought you meant Redglitter........Phew!

I did too! I'm off to find out who the heck Gary Glitter is now.

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:04 pm

changed the title, didnt mean to upset anyone:)

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:09 pm

Some people are going "Damn! It wasn't Red?!" :wah:

Gary Glitter is an English rock star whose most known song was "Rock N Roll parts 1 & 2". He was also convicted of having child porn on his computer and is now listed as a sex offender.

Gary then:

And now:

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:12 pm

In 1999, Glitter was convicted for downloading 4,000 child pornography pictures in the UK, and was afterwards listed as a sex offender. His reputation was greatly tarnished, and though he continued releasing new music, Glitter's popularity declined sharply. He was permanently evicted from Cambodia in 2002 for suspected child sexual abuse offences. He afterwards relocated to Vũng TÃ u in Vietnam, and in March 2005 applied for permanent resident status. Later that year, he was arrested by Vietnamese authorities while trying to leave the country, and he was tried and convicted of child sexual abuse charges in 2005-06. Glitter's release date is August 2008 though in April 2007 his lawyer announced that he was appealing for a second time against the length of his sentence (having had it cut by 3 months in the first appeal.