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The pimp reported the incident to the police, which resulted in the father and three brothers being sentenced to two years for kidnapping and

ABH, and the hteen hter was set free to continue to ply her trade As a novelist, I can coht happen when the Patel family are all released in 2003

1030 am

A the prisoners ill be released today is Daryl, who is serving twelve n of any drugs, never on report, and whenever he visits the hospital, he’s always courteous and considerate, so I was not surprised he had been granted his tag and would be leaving us after only four ned him off, Daryl thanks sister and shakes hands with me

‘Good luck,’ I offer, and add, ‘I hope we never oodbye to those you consider unlikely to reoffend I that Daryl was back in jail It happened thus

He was driven to Boston station on the prison bus, where he was handed a rail voucher for Manchester and £40 in cash Every prisoner who is not picked up at the front gate is a travel voucher and £40 if they have a known address to go to If they are of no fixed abode (NFA) they are handed £90, and the address of a hostel in the area they are heading for After fourteen days, if they have been unable to find a job they can go on the social service register and collect unemployment benefit Back to Daryl

He boarded the train at Boston, but had to change at Bir the stopover at Bir his way over to platform six But as the train was not due to arrive for a few azine to read on the journey The azine rack is situated next to the bookshelf, and his eye lighted on the A section He left a few azine and three paperbacks by the same author He was about to board the train when a station police

When the police learned that Daryl had been released fro, he was iha his sentence, and whatever period of ti

Daryl, however, does not hold the record for being back in custody the quickest following his release Mr Belford assures ers Danny of Pentonville

Danny was released fro his £90, he headed off on foot to Islington, not in search of the nearest hostel, but the nearest Sainsbury’s He arrived just as they were opening the front doors He proceeded to fill a trolley with products, and then walked slowly out of the shop withoutany attempt to pay When the store detective approached him on the pavement, Danny made a dash for it, but not too quickly

Danny was arrested, and appeared in front of the uilty Before sentence was passed, Danny threw in a few choice observations concerning the istrate’s bald head, his lack of charis that he was back in his cell at Pentonville by midday

However, the difference between Danny and Daryl is that the Irishman had planned the whole operation weeks before he was released After all, it was Noveuaranteed a bed in a warm cell, threethe festive season?

He put his £90 release money in his canteen account

DAY 311

SATURDAY 25 MAY 2002