News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: Editorial: Stir Crazy |
Title: | UK: Editorial: Stir Crazy |
Published On: | 2003-12-29 |
Source: | Sun, The (UK) |
Fetched On: | 2008-01-19 02:05:32 |
STIR CRAZY
WHAT is going on in our Prison Service?
Millionaire drugs baron Roddy McLean is a menace to
society.
That is why he was sentenced by the Scottish courts to 21 years for a
UKP10m drugs operation in which a brave Customs officer died.
So what happens? After serving just six years of his sentence he is
transferred to an English open prison.
And now, surprise surprise, he has done a runner -- which has been kept
quiet for two months.
The Sun trusts there will be a thorough inquiry.
HOW could a prisoner serving such a long sentence be treated so
leniently? WHY has it apparently been covered up?
The whole thing stinks.
WHAT is going on in our Prison Service?
Millionaire drugs baron Roddy McLean is a menace to
society.
That is why he was sentenced by the Scottish courts to 21 years for a
UKP10m drugs operation in which a brave Customs officer died.
So what happens? After serving just six years of his sentence he is
transferred to an English open prison.
And now, surprise surprise, he has done a runner -- which has been kept
quiet for two months.
The Sun trusts there will be a thorough inquiry.
HOW could a prisoner serving such a long sentence be treated so
leniently? WHY has it apparently been covered up?
The whole thing stinks.
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