Gary Glitter may get out of jail?

I just saw the below in the Bangkok Post (dated 29 May, 2006):

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Gary Glitter appeal date set in Vietnam(dpa)

A court in Vietnam will hear the appeal of convicted sex offender Gary Glitter next month, the former glam rocker's lawyer said Tuesday.The trial, which is expected to last one day, will take place before the People's Supreme Court of Appeals in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15.Glitter was found guilty of committing obscene acts with two pre-teen girls in his rented villa in southern Vietnam. He was sentenced to three years in prison on March 3.``Gary sent the letter of appeal to the People's Court back in March,'' said Glitter's lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh. ``The letter said that the evidence against him is not objective and he asked the court to reconsider his case.''Glitter, who was born Paul Francis Gadd, was convicted of possessing child pornography in 1999 and spent several months in British prison. Since his arrest in Vietnam, Glitter has maintained his innocence and says that he is a victim of a conspiracy by British tabloid newspapers.

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Personally I don't think he will win his appeal but there is word around here in Vietnam that he will be paroled in a few more months.

How do fuckwads like this keep getting off lightly?