Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?
Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?
He tackled a murderer to the ground to protect the public. But the draconian licence conditions of his ‘99-year sentence’ meant that the first person he called was his probation officer
Sounds like he made a reasonable call and the probation officer was suitably supportive. I’m finding it hard to feel outraged about this one.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Now, here he was, a free man, studying with students from the University of Cambridge, working for the Prison Reform Trust and delivering speeches to the great and the good.
Conway, who had taken part in the project, had been asked to give a speech at Fishmongers’ Hall, a Grade II* listed building in the City of London.
The next thing Conway knew, the door opened and the man with the knives was being chased by a group of delegates, including Steven Gallant and John Crilly, who were out on licence and serving sentences for murder and manslaughter respectively.
Martin Myers, whose story we told this month, has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a cigarette; he was recalled for taking Valium that had not been prescribed.
He grew up in Plumstead, south London, the oldest son of a single-parent family: his mother is white and English; his father, whom he never knew, is Iranian.
“At the time [of the confrontation with Khan], people were going: ‘Don’t hurt him.’ So that was coming back to me and I was thinking: ‘Have I gone over the top there?’” All it would have taken was a word of concern from his probation officer to be recalled.
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Re-summarised with another machine:
- Marc Conway was an IPP (Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection) prisoner who was released on license. In 2019, he helped stop a terrorist attack at Fishmongers' Hall in London, but feared he would be recalled to prison for his actions.
- The IPP sentence was controversial and abolished in 2012, but those still serving it remain on indefinite licenses that can lead to them being recalled for minor infractions.
- Another former IPP prisoner, Andrew Morris, had a similar experience of being recalled to prison despite trying to turn his life around.
- The IPP sentence has been described as the "greatest single stain on our criminal justice system", with many former prisoners suffering from mental health issues and even committing suicide due to the uncertainty of the never-ending license conditions.
has spent 18 years in jail for trying to steal a cigarette;
Wut.