The Government has vowed to challenge a decision to allow the man who murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence to stay in Britain.

 

Tony McNulty, the Home Office Minister, argued that Italian-born Learco Chindamo had forfeited his rights because of the “heinous” nature of his crime, despite a ruling by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that deportation would breach Mr Chindamo’s human rights.

 

Frances Lawrence, Mr Lawrence’s widow, said she was “unutterably depressed” that the human rights of her family had taken second place to those of her husband’s killer.

 

Should the Human Rights Act do more to protect victims of crime and their families? How else could we make sure the views of victims are heard? How could the Human Rights Act better protect the human rights of us all?

 

Do you agree that people who commit the most serious crimes should automatically lose their human rights?

 

Or do you think that once criminals have served their sentence, they should be treated like anyone else?

 

Source: Daily Telegraph

 

I find it far more concerning why the hell he is out so bloody quickly

 

He only served a few years

 

For murder life should mean life

What can we do to maximise the chances that this young man will reoffend on his release from prison? We could dump him in a foreign (to him) country where he doesn't know anybody, knows little if anything of the culture and doesn't speak the language. He left Italy when he was six so, to him, Britain is his home country. Deporting him to Italy would almost guarantee that he will offend again.

 

Also, he is eligible to apply for parole next year. He may or may not get it.