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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
15 OCTOBER 1978
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TELEGRAP NUMBER 718
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TRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 718 CF 15 OCTOBER 1979.
FOR NEWS DIVISION,
NO PUBLICITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE RELEASE OF FOUR PRISONERS TOMORROW UNLESS PRESS QUESTIONS ARE ASKED, IN ANSWER TO QUESTIONS
ME WILL ISSUE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"FOUR SERIOUSLY ILL PRISONERS WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED A REMISSION
OF SENTENCE BY THE GOVERNOR WERE RELEASED FROM STANLEY PRISON
TODAY.
THESE CASES WERE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE PRISON RULES FOLLOWING RECENT MEDICAL
REPORTS MADE BY THE PRISON MEDICAL OFFICER.
THE GOVERNOR THEN EXERCISED HIS PREROGATIVE TO REMIT SENTENCES UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF THE LETTERS PATENT AND ORDERED THE RELEASE
OF THE PRISONERS TUDAY.”’
2. IN ANSWER TO SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS WE FILL TRAW ON THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:-
THE NAMES OF THE FOUR PRISONERS RELEASED WERE:-
1.
2.
3.
4. 0
AGED 28
AGED 45
AGED 32
AGED 26
THE OFFENCES AND SENTENCES OF THE PRISONERS WERE AS FOLLOWS:
FFENCE-A. UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
B. OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE EXECUTION OF DUTY C. FAILING TO REPORT OFFENCE OF POSSESSION OF ARMS D. BEING IN THE COMPANY OF ANY PERSON WHO WITHOUT LAWFUL
AUTHORITY HAS ARMS 14: HIS POSSESSION
SENTENCE-TOTAL 6 YEARS
TE OF SENTENCE-29:7:47
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