Corbyn says terrorists should ‘not necessarily’ serve full term as parties spat over legislation that allowed jihadi out – By Russia Today Newsroom (Russia Today) / Dec 1 2019
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” serve their full prison sentences automatically, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to toughen up Britain’s sentencing laws.
The conflicting comments from the leaders of the UK’s major parties come as the country deals with the aftermath of Friday’s London Bridge terror attack, which left two members of the public dead.
The attack was carried out by convicted terrorist Usman Khan, who was wearing an electronic tag after being released from prison early. The violent extremist had been jailed in 2012 for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and to build a terrorist training camp.
Speaking to Sky on Sunday, veteran peace campaigner Corbyn said people convicted of terrorism offences should “not necessarily” serve their full prison terms because it depended on the circumstances of their imprisonment.
He added that there were lessons to be learned from the incident and there should be a “full investigation” into the circumstances around Khan’s sentence and subsequent release.
The terrorist’s early release has sparked a row between Labour and the Conservatives over the practice of reducing jail terms, with each party laying the blame at the feet of its rival.
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