Tony Betteridge, now 35, was jailed at 18 for starting a fire in an empty building, expecting a short sentence. Instead, he received a 17-year indefinite jail term, classified as psychological torture by the UN. Recently, his sentence was terminated under new reforms. Betteridge described his imprisonment as a lack of understanding of his original sentence and reported a struggle with the indefinite nature of his incarceration. Now, he aspires to start fresh with his partner in Portugal and embrace life outside prison.
Tony Betteridge, who spent 17 years under an indefinite jail term for a teenage crime, expressed that he is now ready to enjoy life after being freed.
Betteridge, sentenced to a minimum term of just over one year, faced an indefinite jail term as part of an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a practice later condemned.
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