2026-11-01T18:05:29Z https://nostr.now Fiona goddard https://nostr.now/npub1cpe2mh97stprm050xqscx5umchs6872xv705uv4yqq8jdq7lva4snxcqyx https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1944150090643394560/wRUlsXjw_400x400.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1944150090643394560/wRUlsXjw_400x400.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2v7653zekl5mlxtd4lqm625t7jvsggm8mluxxkktf49393sq278qzyrq89twuh6pvy0d73uczrq6nn0z7rglegene7n3j5sqq7f5rmankk0fn7hy This morning, I received a phone call from my Victim Liaison Officer confirming that my abusers are still going to be released after serving just 50% of their sentences.<br/>Mohammed Usman is due to be released on 24 August, just next week, 7.5 years before the end of his 15-year sentence.<br/>Because my abusers were sentenced in 2019, they fall under the rules that applied before the changes introduced in 2020. They therefore aren&#39;t subject to the 67% threshold that applies to many offenders sentenced later. By mere months, they avoided those changes.<br/>I am grateful that they are no longer being considered for release after just 33%. But I cannot pretend that serving 50% of a 15–20 year sentence is justice.<br/>Over the next 12 months, five violent sexual offenders who were convicted in relation to my abuse will be released having served only half of their sentences.<br/>There is nothing I can do now to prevent those releases. And I have had to accept that, however difficult that is.<br/>But this isn&#39;t where the fight ends.<br/>We are already working on a campaign to make sure that when these offenders are released, any breach of their licence conditions is taken seriously and met with the full force of the law.<br/>Violent sexual offenders should never walk out of prison believing they have simply &#34;got away with it.&#34; Victims should never be left feeling that a 15 year sentence, or more, actually means serving only half of it.<br/>I have spent years fighting for justice, not just for myself, but for thousands of victims whose lives were permanently changed by these men and other abusers like them.<br/>I am grateful that the rules have moved away from the possibility of release after 33% and that many are serving longer behind bars, but 50% still leaves a very bitter pill to swallow.<br/>This cannot continue.<br/>Justice has to be about victims and public safety, nothing else.<br/> <img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HP7ZdBfXgAAKNCs.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-17T13:39:32Z