Answers to your Questions

 

Now to answer questions more often than ever asked now I am back in England.

 

1) How much has the UK Government reduced my sentence to match or to come in line with the probable sentence I would have been given for the same crime, if committed in England?

(Which by the way, would be about a 1 year term of imprisonment.)

 

2) How long do I now have to serve in an English prison until my release?

Remember my Crime!!? A mere 25grams of class A Drugs, a mere 5 days worth of drugs to a single person using them. Hardly crime of the Century, even the most hard liner on drugs would surely agree my sentence of 33 ½ years is MADNESS and certainly in BREACH OF MY HUMAN RIGHTS.

When you think long and hard about it, I would say its also against my wife and son, my parents and my families Human Rights who are all severely effected by my imprisonment.

Our son Oak will be 5 years old this year, born whilst I was in prison; surely Oak has Human Rights on this issue?

I know this is going to sound incredible, unbelievable!! That all the 4 ½ years of suffering in horrific conditions of Thai prison 7 months shackled like an animal to mention only one of the so so many of my Human Rights broken.

You only have to look at the Real Life Sketches that were smuggled out of Bangkwang prison

The UK Government will not reduce my sentence by a single day

My 33 years 5 months 15 days sentence stands!

The UK Government insists I serve my full sentence given in Thailand

Yes!! Incredible!! Unbelievable!!

 

Who’s in breach of my Human Rights now?:-

The UK Government that’s who!!

 

Again as stated in December’s newsletter, my sentence according to the Home Office London and here H.M.P. Rye Hill is:-

 

·        33 years 5 months 15 days

 

·        Number of days in sentence:   12,222

 

·        Sentence expiry date:               03/10/2036

 

·        Non-Parole release date:          13/02/2027

 

·        Parole Eligibility date:             11/01/2020

 

·        Licence expiry date:                 12/07/2029

 

The amnesty I mentioned also in December’s newsletter that should result in a reduction of 4 years 2 months of my sentence is still yet to be confirmed by the British Embassy Bangkok Thailand. The Home Office London also are yet to confirm in written form the outcome of December 5th 2007 Amnesty.

As far as I know England is the only Country in the World that insists that all transferred (returned British Citizens), serve their full Thai sentence, once back in England, their Home country.

The Thai Government willingly and obligingly accepts with other European Countries that an 8 year total term of imprisonment is perfectly adequate for foreign prisoners to serve.

Yet the UK Government is adamant I and other English prisoners imprisoned in Thailand serve our full Thai sentences.

These extremely lengthy sentences for very often trifle crimes, I believe are against our Human Rights.

Many murderers and terrorists convicted of bombings and other atrocious crimes, don’t even get a sentence as high as mine of 33 ½ years.

Previous Prime Ministers and Governments all came up with the same lies, “we are looking into amending the Thai-UK prisoner transfer treaty”

These lies have been spun for the past 16 years now!

 

                                                                                       By Steve Willcox