US EditionUK Killer Wins £241K After Prison Rights Breach Ruling
Fuad Awale was awarded £7,500 after the High Court ruled his prolonged segregation breached his human rights, with legal costs of about £234,000 covered by taxpayers.
- Last year, the High Court awarded Fuad Awale £7,500 in compensation after ruling his treatment breached Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights .
- After helping to take a prison officer hostage, Awale faced prolonged segregation and had not associated with other inmates since March 2023, Mrs Justice Ellenbogen said this was of 'some significance and duration'.
- The MoJ defended its actions, saying `This payment was mandated following a court judgment against the department, after we had defended the claim in line with the established policy of contesting all litigation brought by prisoners convicted of terrorist offences- a policy that has remained consistent under successive governments,` and legal costs of £234,000 were awarded.
- The government responded that it would keep under review the ECHR application and is actively considering changes to prisoner separation rules, including a review by Jonathan Hall KC.
- Amid talks with other ECHR member states, David Lammy met ministers who agreed to consider reforming the European Convention on Human Rights and address migration decision-making including Article 8.
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Murderer who killed two men over Milton Keynes drugs dispute in 2011 awarded £240k for having his human rights breached at Woodhill Prison
A convicted double murderer who killed two men in a drugs dispute in Milton Keynes in 2011 has been awarded £240,000 after a judge found his human rights were breached by his treatment in jail.
UK Court Awards £240,000 to Islamist Prisoner After ECHR Breach
A British court has awarded a total of £240,000 in taxpayer-funded compensation and legal costs to Fuad Awale, a convicted Islamist double murderer, after ruling that his treatment in prison breached his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Justice Secretary David Lammy agreed to pay £7,500 in compensation and cover £234,000 in legal fees following a High Court judgment which found that Awale’s long-term segregation from …
Prison restrictions violated his right to private and family life
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