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      Michael Shields Update: Release date announced

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      RedWilly
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      Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Sep 25, 2007 10:01:44 pm
      Link :-   http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/09/25/michael-shields-to-be-released-100252-19844625/

      MICHAEL Shields will be freed from jail on May 30, 2010.

      The provisional release date, conditional on good behaviour, has been agreed by law and order minister David Hanson after a legal wrangle.

      It is 10 months earlier than the tariff first set by the Home Office under rules which did not fully take account of the time Michael spent in Bulgarian custody before he was convicted of a savage assault on a barman.

      But the Whitehall interpretation of those rules was challenged by the Shields family's legal team.

      And the Home Office has now agreed he should be released after serving half of his reduced 10-year sentence, including pre-trial custody.

      Riverside MP Louise Ellman said: "It has been a struggle, but the government has seen sense. This is a victory, but the long fight to secure justice for this innocent young man will continue.

      "He and his family have suffered enough for a crime which he did not commit."

      She will press Mr Hanson for government support for Michael's miscarriage of justice case at a Whitehall meeting when Parliament resumes business next month.

      The Bulgarian authorities have not yet responded to an appeal for a full pardon on humanitarian grounds.

      Michael, who turned 21 last week, was arrested in Bulgaria as he returned from Liverpool's champions league victory in Istanbul.

      The Bulgarian police and courts refused to accept alibi evidence and a subsequent confession by fellow Reds fan Graham Sankey. The confession was later retracted.

      After a long campaign, the country’s courts agreed that he could serve the remainder of his sentence in Britain after the family paid off the fine and compensation costs.

      He is currently in Hindley young offenders prison near Wigan


      Why he still has to serve some of the sentence is beyond me, but at last some good news for the lad.
      « Last Edit: Sep 25, 2007 10:04:21 pm by mrtommo »
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      Re: Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Reply #1: Sep 25, 2007 10:05:51 pm
      wouldnt call that good news, the lad shouldnt be in there in the first place,  >:(
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      Re: Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Reply #2: Sep 25, 2007 11:26:53 pm
      wouldnt call that good news, the lad shouldnt be in there in the first place,  >:(

      Totally agree Smiggs. But at least him and his family can see a light at the end of the tunnel now.

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      Re: Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Reply #3: Sep 25, 2007 11:53:38 pm
      Not good enough.  Seen that headline on the Echo tonight and thought 'Here we go - justice at last'.

      No it wasn't. 5 years in prison for something you didn't do is just plain wrong.
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      Re: Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Reply #4: Sep 26, 2007 10:01:41 am
      Riverside MP Louise Ellman said: "It has been a struggle, but the government has seen sense.

      How do you work that one out love? He's still in there isn't he?
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      Re: Michael Shields Update: Release date announced
      Reply #5: Sep 27, 2007 09:44:11 am
      Is that Graham Sankey fella still alive?

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