London  - Disgraced British glam-rock star Gary Glitter was en route to Britain late Thursday after immigration authorities across Asia kept the convicted paedophile from entering their countries, the British foreign ministry said.

Glitter, who earlier this week completed a two years and nine months prison term in Vietnam for molesting two preteen girls, had been barred from entering Thailand and Hong Kong after at first refusing to return to the Britain.

London, August 15 : Jailed paedophile rocker Gary Glitter, 64, may be arrested as soon as he returns to Britain next week, say reports.

A police source has revealed that Glitter, set for release from a Vietnamese jail next Tuesday, will be whisked to a police station to face a series of old sex allegations.

“For every parent worried Glitter will be wandering the streets, let me reassure you — that man’s in for a hell of a tough time. He’ll wish he’d stayed in jail in Vietnam when we’ve finished with him,” British tabloid The Sun quoted the source as saying.