‘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
‘M25 road-rage killer Kenneth Noye has been released from prison.’
BBC News, 6th June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘M25 road-rage killer Kenneth Noye is to be released from prison, the Parole Board has confirmed.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Anjem Choudary has been released from prison after serving half of the five-and-a-half-year sentence he received in 2016 for urging support for Isis and pledging allegiance to the terrorist group.’
The Guardian, 19th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli is to be released from detention at an immigration removal centre near Heathrow while he awaits a judicial review of his deportation.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More offenders could be freed from prison in England and Wales with an electronic tag under government plans to simplify an early-release scheme.’
BBC News, 16th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Swindon Borough Council v Webb (trading as Protective Coatings) [2016] EWCA Civ 152
‘Whilst hesitating to be prescriptive in a matter where the liberty of the subject is at stake, and where the circumstances are likely to be infinitely various, the procedure provided by CPR r 81.31 should be followed where a contemnor seeks his discharge before the expiry of his sentence (para 23).’
WLR Daily, 16th March 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The former BBC broadcaster, Stuart Hall, has been released from prison after serving half of his sentence for sexual abuse.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The new plans have surfaced among fears that tension is mounting in overcrowded prisons.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Victim of Tommy Puhlhoffer, who throttled victims as he robbed them, criticises sort of justice that allowed him back on to the streets to offend again.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Child rapists and terrorists will no longer be automatically released half-way through their sentence, as part of a range of tough new laws that have received Royal Assent today.’
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A robber who went on the run and taunted police with ‘Catch Me If You Can’-style messages has disappeared again after being granted early release.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th May 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Writing in his magisterial new work, Human Rights and the UK Supreme Court, Professor Brice Dickson noted that the Human Rights Act had created ‘an internationalized system of human rights protection rather than a constitutional one.’ Indeed, there had been a marked resistance on the part of the Supreme Court to use the common law to achieve the same goal of human rights protection. In Osborn v The Parole Board the Supreme Court seemed to resile from this position.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Supreme Court, 9th October 2013
“The mother of Peter Connelly, the toddler known as Baby P who died with more than 50 injuries despite being on the at-risk register, has been recommended for release from prison by the Parole Board.”
The Guardian, 8th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Today [4 October] the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that there would be significant changes to the early release provisions. An MoJ press release stated that primary legislation would be brought forward in the new year.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th October 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
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