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Irish prisoners in England

01 January 1991

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Irish prisoners in England
artdoc September=1992

The three longest serving Irish prisoners in England, sentenced
to life for bombings in London in 1973, have had their
recommended sentences reduced from 25 years to 20 years. The Home
Office decision follows a case of judicial review taken by one
of the men, Roy Walsh, last December, following which the then
Home Secretary Kenneth Baker was sharply criticised for not
taking into account the fact that five of Walsh's co-defendants
had already been released (one of them almost 12 years ago). The
court said that Walsh should be told his tariff date (revealed
as 25 years) and that all prisoners serving discretionary life
sentences should also be given this information.

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