A thug who threatened to slit the throat of his ex and petrol-bomb her house is the latest criminal Keir Starmer thinks is safe to be released in his bid to ease overcrowding.
'Unhinged' Jack Poore,from Tonbridge,Kent,was jailed last year for almost 35 months,but will walk free next week - three and a half months early - as part of Labour's early release scheme.
He threatened to slit his ex-girlfriend Natasha Brine's throat in a four month campaign of harassment in a 'toxic and controlling' relationship.
The 30-year-old mother of three was left disturbing voicemails in which he branded her a 'dirty,cheating little ****' and threatened to 'slice' her.
Poore,32,sent her a Snapchat message saying: 'You will be in a petrol bomb by 10pm' and telling her: 'You are just a snake **** and I want you to die. You won't make 30 and you certainly won't make 50 because I will kill you.'
More than 5,000 prisoners are to be set loose over the next six weeks,with everyone eligible for release apart from violent criminals jailed for more than four years.
Those set free include hardened drug dealers and violent domestic abusers - despite officials saying those convicted of 'domestic abuse connected crimes' would be excluded from the plans.
It comes after reports that victims were not warned of the early prison release dates of their offenders yesterday.
A pair of men carrying bags,with one attempting to cover his face with a blue coat,leave the gates at HMP Liverpool yesterday
The Justice Secretary also announced in the Commons that prisoners freed under the early release scheme could be housed in taxpayer-funded hotels,once space runs out in community accommodation.
Ms Mahmood revealed that inmates who would be at risk of homelessness on release would be offered the temporary housing for 12 weeks.
Domestic abusers and sex offenders were among the 1,700 people freed by Labour's early prisoner release scheme today,sparking fears of a 'ticking time bomb' before more crimes occur.
And Ms Mahmood told the Commons,amid anger from opposition MPs: 'If an offender is at risk of homelessness upon release,they will be housed in community accommodation.
'We expect to provide housing for the majority of offenders using existing provision. But should there not be enough provision,I have authorised probation directors to make use of alternative arrangements,including budget hotels as a temporary measure for the cases that we will see in the next few weeks.'
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