Hat tip Crusader Rabbit
Daily Mail - A man murdered his girlfriend after he was released early from prison to ease overcrowding. Andrew Mournian had already served five jail terms when he was jailed for 20 weeks for attacking Amanda Murphy. But eight weeks into that sentence, he joined the roll-call of 11,000 other inmates given their freedom early. And five days later he beat Miss Murphy so badly that the mother-of-two died in hospital of her injuries.
The case - which emerged yesterday - immediately triggered demands for the Government to scrap its early-release policy. Ministers are braced for two more shocking cases - including a sex assault - to come to court.
Critics last night questioned how many more early-release inmates had committed serious crimes.
After the fatal attack, Mournian, 36, dialled the emergency services and claimed Miss Murphy had fallen down the stairs.
The 48-year-old ex-teacher suffered fatal head injuries along with internal bleeding and fractures to the face and ribs.
Her mother, Elaine, struggled even to recognise her.
In 2005, Mournian served a 12-month sentence and was given an Asbo for attacking a former girlfriend with a beer bottle.
**The authorities knew that this shit was violent towards women, knew that he was likely to re-offend and yet New Labour say that he and dangerous people like him should be let out early. They have had years - over 10 years in fact - to build more prisons, sure they are talking of prison ships now that won't come in for another few years.Yet again New Labour have failed and not just failed the justice system but this time they have cost someone their life.
Soft on crime & soft on the causes of crime.
Tags: Andrew Mournian, New Labour, Cool Britannia
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