‘One of Britain’s most notorious child sex offenders has been refused parole for the 10th time. Sidney Cooke, now 94, was jailed for life with a minimum five-year term in 1999 for the abuse of two brothers.’
BBC News, 28th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The biggest shake-up of terrorist sentencing and monitoring in decades has been granted Royal Assent today (29 April 2021) – giving the courts, police and security services greater powers to protect the public.’
Ministry of Justice, 29th April 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A man has been convicted of murdering an aspiring Olympian who was stabbed to death on a London Underground platform.’
BBC News, 6th August 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An attempt by terrorism offender Mohammed Zahir Khan to overturn a ban on early release from prison has been thrown out by the High Court.’
BBC News, 30th July 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary is seeking to block the decision to release a rapist serving a life sentence from prison, after the victim’s family only learned of the plans through a journalist.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th June 2020
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prisoners in England and Wales have been left confused by high-profile government announcements that led them to believe thousands of inmates would be temporarily released to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus behind bars, a prison deaths watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Proposals to release some offenders from prison earlier than planned have been shelved by the government.’
BBC News, 10th May 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A prisoner convicted of stirring up religious hatred has won the first round in his legal challenge to emergency legislation preventing early automatic release of terrorism offenders.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Only 33 prisoners have been released under emergency measures announced by the government to combat the spread of Covid-19 in jails in England and Wales, MPs have heard.’
The Guardian, 27th April 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘As of 1st of April 2020, the Government’s election pledge of delaying the release point of serious sexual and violent offenders came into force by way of the Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2019.’
St Ives Chambers, 10th April 2020
Source: www.stiveschambers.co.uk
‘The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill was introduced into Parliament on the 3rd February 2020, as ‘emergency legislation’ in response to the Streatham Hill terrorist attack that took place on 2nd February 2020. This terrorist incident followed two other attacks by men who had also been convicted of terrorism offences and had recently been released from prison.’
Pump Court Chambers, 30th March 2020
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘The government is considering releasing some offenders from prisons in England and Wales to ease pressures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.’
BBC News, 25th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Failure to protect the most vulnerable inmates in the UK prison system from coronavirus could result in more than 800 avoidable deaths, experts have warned.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is planning to extend a scheme which allows some prisoners to be freed early to ease pressures in jails across England and Wales.’
BBC News, 17th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A decision to sanction the release of the man who murdered Helen McCourt is to be reviewed by the parole board.’
BBC News, 10th December 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Joseph McCann, who has been convicted of a horrific series of rapes and kidnappings against 11 women and children, was freed in error to commit his crimes after authorities failed to realise he should have been in jail for a previous violent offence.’
The Guardian, 6th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A total of 69 violent jihadists, who have been released from prison early, will have their licence conditions tightened as part of the government’s crackdown in the wake of Usman Khan’s London Bridge attack.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A mother jailed over the death of her four-week-old baby after she fell asleep on top of him has been freed by Court of Appeal judges.’
BBC News, 10th September 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who was left with life-changing injuries after being beaten by her ex-partner says she will go into hiding when he is released from prison after serving six months.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
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