A mother has told how she is being "torn apart" by the sentencing scheme which has left her son locked up for 14 years.
The incident which led to his jailing, a shooting, was extraordinary. His mother, Maureen, known as Mo, said: "I accept, completely, what he did was wrong. But what is happening to him now is wrong. My only son being in prison for nearly 15 years and losing my daughter, Joanne, is tearing me to pieces. I want him back. Due to Covid we have not seen him for two years."
Cummins, who was 21 at the time, had shown the others the gun - a 9mm Cuno Melcher - which he put on a worktop before trying to grab the victim's chain. Cummins, who had a string of previous convictions for robbery, left Wythenshawe after the shooting. He was arrested by armed police in a hotel in Blackpool three days later. The gun - which was still loaded - was found in a sock.
Maureen said: "Every time David has applied for parole he has been refused without even being able to make a case in person. This cannot be right that he has been kept in prison so long. It has affected him badly. He has suffered with depression. But six years ago he changed his religion to Muslim and it has helped him change his behaviour. He has not been in any trouble. "
"This was a recommendation only and the Secretary of State for Justice considers the advice before making the final decision on whether a prisoner is suitable for open conditions. We will only make a recommendation for open conditions if a Parole Board panel is satisfied that the risk to the public has reduced sufficiently to be manageable in an open prison.
He shot someone while robbing the house!! End of story
Minimum being the key word there.
Somebody doesn’t understand what minimum means.