REPORT: British leader makes shocking announcement on other criminals released on similar charges to London Bridge attacker

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that 74 additional criminals with terrorist ties were released from prison under the system that freed the man responsible for the attack on London Bridge.

Usman Khan, the 28-year-old terrorist who killed two people before being thwarted by bystanders with a narwhal tusk and a fire extinguisher, had been in prison prior to the attack for terror-related offenses. He had been released from prison “on license” as part of an early release program. Khan had plotted an attack on the London Stock Exchange in 2012 when he was imprisoned the first time. He was only halfway through his prison sentence and was not referred to a parole board.

The article goes on to state the following:

Johnson claimed that Khan’s release was the fault of the left-leaning Labour Party because they had overhauled a statute, the Extended Sentence for Public Protection, allowing terrorists to be held for an extended sentence until a parole board reviewed the case and agreed to release the individual. The Labour Party had overturned part of the EPP that required a parole board review, meaning Khan was freed after 8 years without any type of formal review by the board.

We will end the automatic early release system for serious and violent offenders so they serve their full term in prison. pic.twitter.com/FjCYXmQQUQ

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

There are 4 distinct sentencing legal regimes that have been confused in this case: Indefinite Sentences for Public Protection (IPP); Pre-08 Extended Sentences for Public Protection (DPP); Post-08 EPPs & Extended Determinate Sentences (EDS) which came into force in Dec 12 (2/16)

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

An EPP has two elements: a custodial part and an extended licence period. When EPPs were brought in by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, there was no automatic early release during the custodial part – see s. 247(2)(b) of the original act (4/16) pic.twitter.com/ZEFCr9c6nl

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

The Prison Reform Trust has a helpful summary of how the EPP scheme changed in 2008 https://t.co/mMrhnm60y2 (6/16) pic.twitter.com/DC2Vdws6sy

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

This means Khan would be detained indefinitely after he has served the minimum term unless the Parole Board considered him safe. Khan appealed. The Court of Appeal agreed that he was dangerous but felt that his crime was not serious enough to warrant an IPP (8/16)

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

Khan was sentenced under Labour’s old regime. Therefore, he was to be automatically released after serving only half of his sentence (i.e. 8 years). Given time on remand, this meant he was released in December 2018 (10/16)

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

If Khan had been sentenced under the new EDS scheme there would have been no automatic early release and he would only have been able to ask for Parole Board consideration at 2/3rds of his sentence. Under this system, he could not have been released before Mid 2021. (12/16)

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

A number of people have pointed out that the judgment of the Court of Appeal makes a reference to the Parole Board. If you look at the whole quote it’s clear Lord Justice Leveson is not even talking about Khan (14/16) pic.twitter.com/rDakd687Ch

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

Those changes meant that although four senior judges considered that Khan was dangerous, he was to be automatically released half-way through because of Labour’s 2008 law. That is why we are determined to change this & ensure dangerous terrorists serve their full sentence (16/16)

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 1, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that 74 additional criminals with terrorist ties were released from prison under the system that freed the man responsible for the attack on London Bridge.https://t.co/dtcOOA8KVf

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 1, 2019

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