Downing Street says it isn't possible to prevent 'one or two offenders' convicted of manslaughter from being let out of prison early, without setting a precedent for other cases.
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Downing Street says it isn’t possible to prevent ‘one or two offenders’ convicted of manslaughter from being let out of prison early, without setting a precedent for other cases.
Andy Burnham is being urged to stop the two killlers of PC Andrew Harper from being released next year, after serving just half their prison sentence.
Government plans mean that from October, five thousand inmates in England will be freed early – in order to tackle prison overcrowding.
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The prime minister says he's determined to work out a way to stop PC Andrew Harper's killers being freed early from prison.
On Monday, Downing Street said it was ’not possible’ to exempt ‘one or two offenders’ from the early release scheme
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