LONDON – On Tuesday, Britain announced the introduction of tougher jail sentences for terrorists convicted, putting an end to early release to strengthen UK’s response to terrorism.
PM Boris Johnson pledged to make amendments after November’s London Bridge attack where Usman Khan killed two people and has been released early from prison.
Khan was sentenced to a minimum of 8 years in prison in 2012 with a parole board assessment to test his danger to public before release. In December 2018, Khan was set free without any assessment of the sort.
The senseless terror attack forced interior minister Priti Patel to face the facts on how terrorist offenders are being dealt with in the country.
The government decided to introduce updated counter-terrorism legislation in the first 100 days in office forcing dangerous offenders receiving extended determinate sentences to serve whole time in jail.
A minimum of 14 years in prison will be awarded to those convicted of participating in terrorist activities or directing terrorist organisations along with a review of how they are to be managed on release.
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