The raid was said to have taken place last week at The Verne prison in Dorset, where the glam rocker is serving a 16-year sentence for indecent assault on young girls.
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Prison officers have seized more than 100 PlayStation sex offenders in a prison where Gary Glitter is serving his sentence.
Fears have been expressed that gaming devices may be used to exchange abuse online or contact children.
Convicts are prohibited from using the Internet in prison.
But sources claimed sex offenders smuggled USB drives to access the web
The raid occurred during an intelligence operation at Verne Prison near Portland, Dorset, where pedophile rocker Gary Glitter is being held.
It is claimed that the officers toured the cells and removed all playstations from the prison, which only houses sex offenders.
The sun reports that a source said prison officers confiscated the slot machines.
He said: “The devices will now be examined and any concerns passed on to the police.
“The suggestion is that the inmates may have used the Internet to exchange inappropriate content, messages or even images about children.”
The glam rocker, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 for indecent assault on young girls.
But reports last month in the Mirror claimed he could be eligible for a day’s release in a few weeks.
The singer, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2015 for indecent assault on young girls.
He was first jailed in 1999 for uploading images of child abuse.
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Gadd was then jailed in Vietnam in 2006 for assaulting two girls aged 11 and 12 before being released in 2008.
In 2015, he was jailed for a third time for abusing three young girls.
Glitter was then transferred to La Verne prison in 2018.
It is understood that Glitter was not one of the inmates involved in the crackdown.
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