"He was told he would serve a minimum of two and a half years for his role in a knifepoint raid on a Derby service station in 2008, when he was 19, which left the manager unhurt but badly shaken. But when that time was up, a letter was pushed under Mr Ahmed's cell door. A Parole Board panel whom he had never met had decided he must serve at least another two years before they would consider his case again."
"It was 12 years until he was released for the first time, but he was returned to jail indefinitely a year later after he was convicted of actual bodily harm. Haroon Ahmed's IPP sentence was quashed after judges ruled it was not justified (The Independent) In frustration, he escaped several times including a high profile incident in 2015 each time landing himself in more trouble with the courts."
"He says he was fighting the system as he refused to accept the reality of an open-ended sentence. However, as he matured behind bars, the narrative began to change. IPP jail terms were scrapped amid human rights concerns about how they were implemented and a growing number of voices were seeing the open-ended punishments for what they were a serious injustice. Inspired to finally make his voice heard, he decided to challenge his sentence in the Court of Appeal."
Haroon Ahmed received an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence after a 2008 knifepoint raid at age 19 and was told he faced a minimum two-and-a-half-year term. Parole decisions extended his detention without in-person hearings, producing almost eight years before a panel hearing and 12 years before first release. A later conviction returned him to indefinite custody, and repeated escape attempts worsened his legal troubles. IPP terms were scrapped amid human rights concerns. Judges ultimately quashed his IPP on appeal and he was released after nearly 18 years, prompting calls for resentence action.
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