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She said while the government was seeking an "immediate" cut in prisoner numbers, it also needed a "sustained" decrease.

Just two months before that, almost exactly two years ago, the “Jay Leno’s Garage” star was treated for second- and third-degree burns he sustained while working on an old car in his Burbank garage.

Following the crash, he sustained multiple crushing injuries to his leg and was trapped in the lorry for an hour and a half while emergency services worked to free him.

Mr Longstaff said Miss Senior had died from “injuries sustained when she deliberately jumped” from the van, adding that there was “no suggestion” her partner was in any way to blame.

In the long term, the government said it could result in a sustained reduction of about 5% to the sentenced prison population.