Pop pedophile Gary Glitter was called back to prison after he was clocked watching footage of young girls doing ballet.
The 78-year-old must spend at least another full year in prison because he was caught viewing the footage on YouTube and TikTok.
The pervert watched girls as young as eight in leotards and short skirts as they performed in ballet shows and calisthenics.
Checks on his phone revealed that he had also downloaded and uninstalled an app called DuckDuckGo, which can provide access to the dark web.
Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, said he only watched the videos because he was interested in performing arts.
Pop pedophile Gary Glitter (pictured) was recalled to prison after being clocked watching footage of young girls doing ballet
The sick pervert watched girls as young as eight in leotards and short skirts as they performed in ballet shows and calisthenics
However, probation officers thought it showed the pedophile was still lusting after young girls, The Sun reported.
In February, Glitter was released from HMP The Verne in Dorset after serving half of his 18-year sentence for molesting three girls in the 1970s.
Just 38 days later, Glitter was recalled to prison in March and is now at HMP The Verne sex offender prison in Dorset.
It will be at least a year before he can get paroled again, meaning the aging former rock star could die in prison.
When the 78-year-old was released in February, he was only halfway through his 16-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting three schoolgirls.
He was at the height of his fame when he preyed on his victims, who thought no one would believe their claims because of his celebrity status.
The crimes came to light almost 40 years after they took place, when Glitter became the first person to be arrested under Operation Yewtree – the investigation launched by the Metropolitan Police in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
His fall from grace occurred years earlier, after he admitted to possessing 4,000 child pornography images and was jailed for four months in 1999.
A Justice Department spokesperson said: “The Deputy Prime Minister will do everything he can to keep dangerous offenders like Paul Gadd behind bars and is tightening the parole system to keep the public safe.”
It came when former head of Scotland Yard’s Pedophile Unit, Mike Hames, said disgraced 1970s pop star Glitter would always be a danger to children and that a return to custody was appropriate.
Speaking on Times Radio, Mr Hames said Glitter was ‘not allowed to do certain things on his phone’.
Ex-Scotland Yard boss Mike Hames said disgraced 1970s pop star Gary Glitter (pictured), whose real name is Paul Gadd, would always be a danger to children and that a return to custody was appropriate
He added: “As for Gadd, he’s so dangerous and so fixated on his abusive behavior that he’ll never stop — he’s gone too far. He is arrogant, he has a mind of his own.
“He’s someone who, quite frankly, will always be a danger to children.”
Asked about Glitter’s latest return to prison, Mr Hames said: “[I have] he will no doubt serve the next eight years of his sentence … He will probably die in prison.’
Glitter was released to a bail hostel with six other convicted child sex offenders, it was revealed after the former pop star was recalled to prison for violating his licensing terms.
Glitter was sent back to prison on March 13, after being secretly filmed browsing a smartphone and referencing the Dark Web, just a month after his release.
He stayed in a hostel in the south of England with six other child molesters who had been released on bail.
The disgraced pop star (pictured in 1972) was convicted in 2015 of sexually assaulting three young girls in the 1970s
Glitter was previously filmed appearing to discuss how to access the Dark Web with his fellow residents at the hostel, in footage obtained by The sun.
The convicted pedophile, pictured wearing a hat and black hoodie, stares at a smartphone as he talks to others in the room.
He says, ‘Shall I get rid of this Duck Duck?’
Another man says, “Yeah, I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
Glitter adds: ‘So what do I do now? Let’s try to find this onion. Step-by-step.’
“Duck duck” refers to DuckDuckGo, a search engine that protects user privacy, while “Onion” is thought to refer to the Dark Web.
The Dark Web is often used by pedophiles to access child sex material.
Glitter’s classified footage was sent to probation, which resulted in him being sent back to prison.
Police are investigating the phone to assess whether the disgraced pop star used the Dark Web after he was released.