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Father Trapped In Jail 18 Years After Being Given 8-Month Sentence
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These are indeterminate sentences which are now (banned) but those that govern us for our own good ( the great and good) did not turn abolish those already enmeshed. And if you are not a good boy when you are 'in' they keep you in.
It was a new gadget for judges who over-used it in the initial period, which must have been 2005. and didnt work ( see above)
NJ may be able to say why those already 'caught' in the trap were not converted to the usual sentence - it may have been Parliament did not want to interfere with sentencing
He was recalled to prison for being late to curfew by 2 hours and again for absconding for 6 months whilst his girlfriend was pregnant. He has only ever been convicted of waving a starting pistol (the charge was imitation firearm) and a drunken pub fight with a concurrent sentence.
Of course the report is one sided and his behaviour in prison has not been mentioned. It is interesting to note that since being sentenced to prison he has only been free for a year yet recalled for breach of licence five times. What happened on the other three occasions?
On the face of it, he has been treated unfairly and the situation of not knowing when he might be released could give rise to mental trauma but we don't know all the facts.
The ECHR ruled IPPs were 'arbitrary and unlawful' years ago (2012 I think) and awarded compensation to some people who had been handed that sentence. It resulted in the IPP being scrapped but not retrospectively.
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