Pubdate: Mon, 29 Dec 2003
Source: Sun, The (UK)
Copyright: News Group Newspapers Ltd, 2003
Contact:  http://www.the-sun.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/433

STIR CRAZY

WHAT is going on in our Prison Service?

Millionaire drugs baron Roddy McLean is a menace to
society.

That is why he was sentenced by the Scottish courts to 21 years for a
UKP10m drugs operation in which a brave Customs officer died.

So what happens? After serving just six years of his sentence he is
transferred to an English open prison.

And now, surprise surprise, he has done a runner -- which has been kept
quiet for two months.

The Sun trusts there will be a thorough inquiry.

HOW could a prisoner serving such a long sentence be treated so
leniently? WHY has it apparently been covered up?

The whole thing stinks. 
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