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[BBC]高等法院推翻釋放John Worboys的決定
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:35:10 GMT[/size=1]
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/28/parole-board-must-reconsider-decision-to-release-john-worboys[/size=1]
High court overturns decision to release John Worboys[/size=4]
Court says Parole Board should have examined allegations that did not feature in sex attacker? trial
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Wed 28 Mar 2018 10.35?BST
Last modified on Wed 28 Mar 2018 10.47?BST
Victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys have succeeded in forcing the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release him from prison.
Three judges at the high court in London have ordered the Parole Board to carry out a ?resh determination
?and Worboys will remain in prison pending the outcome.
Sir Brian Leveson, Mr Justice Jay and Mr Justice Garnham said on Wednesday, when ruling in favour of two women who brought the challenge, that the Parole Board should have undertaken ?urther inquiry into the circumstances of his offending??
Nick Hardwick the chair of the Parole Board has been forced to resign after a meeting with David Gauke, the justice secretary.
Lawyers for two unnamed victims had argued that the full extent of Worboys? offending should have been taken into account and that the decision to free him on licence, even on the evidence considered, was ?rrational??
Worboys, 60, now goes by the name John Radford. He was jailed indefinitely in 2009 with a minimum term of eight years after being found guilty of 19 offences, including rape, sexual assault and drugging late-night passengers, committed against 12 victims.
The Parole Board is an independent body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released into the community.
It manages the early release of prisoners serving fixed-length sentences of four years or more; the release of prisoners who are serving life sentences or indeterminate sentences for public protection; and the re-release of prisoners who have been given life or indeterminate sentences and were then re-imprisoned.
Some prisoners seeking release may have to attend a hearing before Parole Board members.
Up to three members of a panel will decide whether to release the prisoner based on a file of documents including information on the inmate? behaviour in prison, their plans once released and risk of committing further crimes. Medical, psychiatric and psychological evidence can also be heard.
As well as the prisoner, a solicitor, psychologist and witnesses could attend. The victim of the prisoner? offences may also be present.
The Parole Board has 234 members who make the assessments and decisions and employs 120 members of staff to support them.
However, police believe he committed crimes against 105 women between 2002 and 2008, when he was caught. Worboys has served 10 years in jail.
From The Guardian
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/28/parole-board-must-reconsider-decision-to-release-john-worboys[/size=1]
High court overturns decision to release John Worboys[/size=4]
Court says Parole Board should have examined allegations that did not feature in sex attacker? trial
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
Wed 28 Mar 2018 10.35?BST
Last modified on Wed 28 Mar 2018 10.47?BST
Victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys have succeeded in forcing the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release him from prison.
Three judges at the high court in London have ordered the Parole Board to carry out a ?resh determination
?and Worboys will remain in prison pending the outcome.Sir Brian Leveson, Mr Justice Jay and Mr Justice Garnham said on Wednesday, when ruling in favour of two women who brought the challenge, that the Parole Board should have undertaken ?urther inquiry into the circumstances of his offending??
Nick Hardwick the chair of the Parole Board has been forced to resign after a meeting with David Gauke, the justice secretary.
Lawyers for two unnamed victims had argued that the full extent of Worboys? offending should have been taken into account and that the decision to free him on licence, even on the evidence considered, was ?rrational??
Worboys, 60, now goes by the name John Radford. He was jailed indefinitely in 2009 with a minimum term of eight years after being found guilty of 19 offences, including rape, sexual assault and drugging late-night passengers, committed against 12 victims.
The Parole Board is an independent body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners to determine whether they can be safely released into the community.
It manages the early release of prisoners serving fixed-length sentences of four years or more; the release of prisoners who are serving life sentences or indeterminate sentences for public protection; and the re-release of prisoners who have been given life or indeterminate sentences and were then re-imprisoned.
Some prisoners seeking release may have to attend a hearing before Parole Board members.
Up to three members of a panel will decide whether to release the prisoner based on a file of documents including information on the inmate? behaviour in prison, their plans once released and risk of committing further crimes. Medical, psychiatric and psychological evidence can also be heard.
As well as the prisoner, a solicitor, psychologist and witnesses could attend. The victim of the prisoner? offences may also be present.
The Parole Board has 234 members who make the assessments and decisions and employs 120 members of staff to support them.
However, police believe he committed crimes against 105 women between 2002 and 2008, when he was caught. Worboys has served 10 years in jail.
From The Guardian
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