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He was sentenced to nine years in jail, including time spent on remand, and under the previous rules would have been released on licence at the half-way stage.

The memories of her time inside the jail are too much to bear.

A prison officer who doesn't want to be identified who works in a different, government-run English jail, told us it's unsurprising to hear about staff corruption.

Gauke, who was justice secretary under Theresa May, has previously suggested that jail terms of less than six months should be scrapped.

He warned projections showed demand for prison cells would continue to "increase very significantly", but he hoped the sentencing review could help avoid the same crunchpoint in future, by reducing the number of people sent to jail.