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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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MY TELEGRAMS 348 AND 349.
ET AL.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE LISTED IN MY TELEGRAM 349, I HAVE TODAY, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD, SIGNED WARRANTS REDUCING SENTENCES PASSED ON TWO YOUNG FEMALE PRISONERS,
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THESE TWO CASES IN THE COURSE OF THE NORMAL REVIEW OF YOUNG PRISONERS SENTENCES REQUIRED BY PRISON RULE 69A (CAP 234). BOTH WERE SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IMPRISONMENT ON SEVERAL COUNTS FOR CONFRONTATION OFFENCES, AND EFFECT OF WARRANTS IS TO REDUCE THEIR TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT BY EIGHT WEEKS. THEIR CASES ARE THEREFORE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE OTHER 44 YOUNG PRISONERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED (SEE ALSO MY TELEGRAM 1042 OF 1968).
ARE ALSO FEMALES.
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2. YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW ALSO THAT OF THOSE LISTED IN MY TELEGRAM
349, THE LAST THREE
REFERENCE TO
HAS BEEN ADDED TO PARA. 5 OF ANNOUNCEMENT
IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 348.
SIR D. TRENCH
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