Travel Dot-Com Censured for Pedophile Ad

Lastminute.com has been reprimanded by the UK´s advertising watchdog for mentioning sex offender Gary Glitter in an advertisement for children´s theatre tickets.

The 1970s British “glam rocker” was jailed two weeks ago in Vietnam for child sex acts. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in a statement said that the advert was likely to cause serious or widespread offence.

The advertisement in an e-mail campaign contained two young boys used to highlight plays and theatre tickets in London.

The tagline read: “Like Gary Glitter in a sweet shop, you too can have your pick of kiddy treats in London´s theatre world”. The e-mail was headlined: “Doing It For The Kids.”

Lastminute.com has apologized and said the advert had now been withdrawn.