By Ben Kerrigan
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has vowed to “take action” to curb the automatic early release of convicted terrorists who are already serving time in jail.
The Prime Minister who last November had expressed strong desires to ensure those convicted of terrorist attacks served the full term said the Government would look at how to “retrospectively” curb the release of existing prisoners midway through their sentence – not just those convicted in the future.
Mr Johnson at the time blamed laws passed in 2008 under the leadership of the Labour prime minister, Gordon Brown for the automatic early release of convicted terrorists from jail“Further, for all terrorism and extremist offences, the sentence announced by the judge must be the time actually served – these criminals must serve every day of their sentence, with no exceptions,” he said.
In response to the latest attack, Mr Johnson said further plans for legislative changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists will be announced. He said: “I want to pay tribute to the speed and bravery of the police who responded and confronted the attacker – preventing further injuries and violence – and all of the emergency services who came to the aid of others.”
The PM added: “Following the awful events at Fishmonger’s Hall in December, we have moved quickly to introduce a package of measures to strengthen every element of our response to terrorism – including longer prison sentences and more money for the police.
“Tomorrow, we will announce further plans for fundamental changes to the system for dealing with those convicted of terrorism offences.
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