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World News See other World News Articles Title: Machete killer & yob who PARALYSED baby boy ‘among next round of prisoners to be freed early’ A MACHETE thug and a yob who paralysed a baby boy are among the next round of prisoners to be freed early in a controversial scheme, it is understood. More than 1,600 inmates were released yesterday in a government bid to free up space in Britain's overcrowded jails. Thousands more will be freed over the next 18 months - including some convicted of manslaughter. Among those due to be released is Lawson Natty, who supplied the machete used to kill 14-year-old Gordon Gault in Newcastle in 2022. Natty, 18, was convicted of manslaughter and jailed for two years and eight months this March. But he is now due to be released early as part of the the Ministry of Justice scheme.Gordon's mum Dionne Barrett said she was "sickened" by the prospect of Natty walking free before serving his full sentence. She told Good Morning Britain: "I feel totally sick to my stomach that he's allowed out now after only serving months. "It's absolutely sickening. He'll be getting out within the next couple of days. He's going to be back out on the streets. "Fair enough, let petty criminals out. Not somebody who's killed a 14- year-old child."Someone who purchases machetes. What if he does it again to somebody else?" Natty had served time on remand which counts against his prison sentence. It is understood he has been transferred to an immigration detention centre. Adam Andrews, 37, is also due to be released "imminently" after he was jailed for three years in March. The thug was handed the sentence for his brutal treatment of a 21-day- old baby boy in 2018. His victim was left blind and paralysed - and now suffers 40 seizures a day. The tot has a significantly reduced life expectancy and needs round-the- clock care. His mum told the Telegraph: "Not only has this process taken almost six years to get a sentence. "He was given such a lenient sentence in the first place - and now this is being used in his benefit. "If he is not classed as a serious offender for almost taking my children away, then who is? "I don't think members of the public actually understand that people like him will be released. "People who hurt children, who do the most horrific crimes against a child." Andrews, from Greath Whelnetham in Suffolk, was convicted of GBH without intent. He has never explained why he brutally shook the defenceless baby boy. Shane Riley, 44, may also be eligible for release after serving just nine months of his 23-month sentence. Swansea man Riley admitted punching, kicking and headbutting his former partner after she broke up with him. The brute was jailed for assault causing actual bodily harm, common assault, making threats to kill and criminal damage. Labour's scheme allows lags to be released after serving 40 per cent of their sentence rather than 50 per cent, as it was before. Violent offenders handed sentences of less than four years are included in the scheme. More than 140 lags jailed for child cruelty or neglect will also be eligible for early release. And 2,200 robbers handed sentences of less than four years will also be included. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons: "We have taken every measure available to exclude offences from this measure. "That includes serious violence, sexual violence, offences connected to domestic abuse, terror offences.Addressing the release of manslaughter convicts, she said: "The offences and the sentences are both taken into account." The Ministry of Justice and the Parole Board have been contacted for comment. Poster Comment: They are letting out violent criminals to make room for people who say mean things about immigrants causing a crime wave. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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