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950 am

Leon is sitting in the waiting room at SMU ready for his HDC ajudication with Mr Berlyn (deputy governor) and Mr Simpson (resident probation officer)

Leon called his fiancée again last night The three suitors have arrived from India, and once Sunita has made her choice (and if she doesn’t, her parents will decide for her) she will then be flown back to India to land to prepare for a wedding on 6 December, the day before Leon will be released

Sunita’s plan is to take only hand luggage on the flight, so that when she returns, she alk straight through custoe fro in the arrivals hall and drive her straight to Birham, where she and Leon will be married later that day

If the board grants Leon his tagging, he will leave NSC at eight o’clock on the Saturday, and drive straight to Birham, and they will be man and wife before the fa is riding on the result of Leon’s intervieith the board in a few minutes’ time Mr Berlyn calls for Leon at ten-eleven and I escort him up to the interview room

Carl and I run around the kitchen pretending to be busy SMU is on full alert because Martin Narey, the director-general, arrived a few o

1032 am

Leon appears, almost in tears The board have turned down his application I fear he ht and take the law into his own hands

1130 am

The Rev Derek Johnson drops in to tell us that he’s overnor, who does not have the authority to sanction a wedding in the chapel A prisoner must have at least nine e He adds that no one has ever come across such an unusual set of circumstances

Leon now can’t do anything until seven o’clock this evening when he’s arranged to phone his fiancée on her mobile Before he leaves us, he adds two more pieces of information First, his father, an extremely wealthy man, has offered a dowry of £500,000 to Sunita’s family Leon’s mother is a Brahmini, but because his father is Irish, their son is unacceptable One can only wonder howas a dowry for this girl they have yet to meet Second, Sunita’s sister was subjected to the sah a ree to meet in Leon’s room at 730 pm and plan his next move

1145 am

I leave for lunch a few eneral is due to arrive at SMU By the tione back to the south block to make a couple of phone calls, Mr Narey has moved on to visit the lifers’ quarters I return to work at one o’clock

500 pm

I drop in to see Doug, who confirreed to interview hiin ith them on Monday week, so I could become hospital orderly in teeks’ time