EXTREMELY DAFT
Atrocity fears as fanatic is freed
A Far-right extremist who converted to Islam in jail is set to be freed today despite fears he could commit a terror atrocity.
The convict – who befriended Streatham knifeman Sudesh Amman in prison – was due to be released automatically in March after serving half his sentence.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland obtained a court order to keep him inside.
But it is believed he will be released today because the Government has no further powers to detain him.
The man, who can only be known as X, will go onto a community rehabilitation programme.
Sources said he would be subjected to “bespoke monitoring arrangements” with security services watching him round the clock.
New laws were passed to end the automatic early release of terrorists after atrocities in Streatham, south London, and at Fishmongers’ Hall, near London Bridge.
But they do not apply in this case because X was detained under an old law.
Last night Dr Alan Mendoza of the Henry Jackson Society thinktank said: “Dangerous offenders who still deeply concern the
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She said: “On our show we always say that dance is the universal language. It brings us all together.” authorities are due to be released. There are very real fears that releases like this could repeat the circumstances of Fishmongers’ Hall and Streatham High Street.’’
At X’s hearing in March prison officials told Westminster magistrates they had received intelligence that the inmate posed a “high risk to the public”.