Adam Brooks has expressed outrage over the early release of Isaac Donkoh, a self-proclaimed drill rapper known as ‘Young Dizz’, under Labour’s prison release scheme.
Donkoh, described by Brooks as a “serious gangster”, was freed after serving just five years of a 12.5-year sentence for kidnapping and torturing a 16-year-old boy.
Speaking on GB News, Patrick Christys said: “He was sentenced for kidnap and false imprisonment, GBH and perverting the course of justice.
“But because of Labour, it meant that two of his four offences made him eligible for the early release.
Brooke called for an overhaul of the justice system
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Brooks responded: “They told us that there was going to be no violent prisoners released early.
“Yet this man was so violent and so feared that a whole task force of the men were deployed to take him down.”
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He added: “He really is a serious gangster. Five years he’s done out of 12.5 years. What is the point of these sentences being handed out?”
“I would like to see a complete overhaul of the system. If you get ten years, you do 10 years.”
Donkoh, a gang member from Newham, east London, was jailed in April 2019 for kidnapping a schoolboy and posting videos of the ordeal on Snapchat. He was also accused of grooming young gang members by offering them free food before encouraging attacks on rivals.
The victim endured a horrific two-hour ordeal, during which he was forced to strip naked, beaten with a metal pole, and threatened with boiling water. Donkoh filmed the torture on his iPhone.
Donkoh was released earlier this week
Detective Chief Inspector Jim McKee, who led the investigation, stated: “This was an extremely violent incident, which has had a profoundly distressing impact on the victim and his family.”
Despite the severity of his crimes, Donkoh was released earlier this week along with 1,200 other convicts under Labour’s early prison release scheme.
The Government’s early release scheme, aimed at tackling prison overcrowding, has come under scrutiny following Donkoh’s release.
The scheme allows offenders to be freed after serving 40 per cent of their sentences, rather than the usual halfway point.
Keir Starmer said that the scheme made him angry
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Prisoners serving violent offences are typically excluded, but only if jailed for more than four years. Donkoh’s three-year sentence for GBH made him eligible for early release.
The Labour leader has expressed frustration with the scheme’s implementation.
He stated he was “really angry” after released criminals publicly thanked him.
Starmer insisted he never wanted to approve the controversial measure but felt compelled due to Britain’s jails being “at bursting point”.