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‘I’ve been waiting for 20 years’: Father jailed for stealing phone finally going home

Summary by The Independent
Exclusive: IPP prisoner Leroy Douglas, whose incarceration has been found to be unlawful and arbitrary by the United Nations, has finally been granted parole

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Twenty years have passed since Leroy Douglas targeted a friend behind his train station...

Leroy Douglas, sentenced to indefinite prison for a robbery in which he stole a mobile phone, will be released after two decades. The UN considered his detention to have become arbitrary and illegal.

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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