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    Prisoner describes ‘torture’ of indefinite jail term as he makes landmark public parole bid

    by Amy-Clare Martin Mar 10, 2024 3 minutes
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    The first IPP prisoner to have his parole bid held in public has revealed how each day is “torture” serving a sentence with no release date.

    Controversial imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences were scrapped in 2012 amid human rights concerns, but not retrospectively, leaving thousands languishing in jail for years beyond their minimum tariff.

    Among them is Nicholas Bidar, 36, who was handed an indefinite jail term with an eight-year minimum tariff for a string of robberies and using a gun to resist arrest aged 20 in 2008.

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