" They're Coming Home! " Chelsea/Cardiff

Today’s update is made mainly for information purposes in the hope it assists the families and may help future families who have to go through this difficult process.
Last night I had the privilege of meeting the family of Nathan Marshalsea who were at the Rose and Crown for a fund raising event held by my good mate Snowy...they were real nice people and it was good to talk to like minded people who are in the same boat as me...it was a good night and the locals at the pub made us very welcome...top people.
Good News from the Prisons this week, Josh from Treorchi will be home on Monday next week, hopefully his cell mate Shane will be home very soon too....they are both currently serving time in the Open part of Hewell prison...they were both initially sentenced to 12 months, which the judge halved for the guilty plea and with the curfew (tag) will have served 6 weeks and 4 days, but of course they are on the curfew until at least May...but they will be home.
Also talking to Wayne, Morgan Andersons’ dad today we can also be happy to hear that Morgan can be home early in April, Morgan had a bit of a rough deal by being isolated from the others in a Young offenders prison but Wayne said he has kept his head down, got a couple of jobs and managed very well indeed, he even made a phone call during the game Yesterday where all the lads chanted his name, so that will have cheered him up.
The Curfew (Tag) is hopefully being offered to all 16 of the lads currently serving time (I CAN SEE NO LEGAL REASON WHY IT WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION) and for the benefit of families unsure of how it works and to assist other families who will have to deal with this when more of our lads get sentenced later this year I have been finding out stuff that may be of help.
The Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme applies to prisoners who are serving sentences of between three months and under four years. It allows prisoners to live outside of prison providing they do not breach the rules of their curfew and is designed to help prisoners prepare for life after their release.
Prisoners will usually be considered for HDC unless they are statutorily excluded from the scheme. Prisoners on this scheme will be released between two weeks and four and a half months before their automatic release date, depending on the length of the sentence. Prisoners who are statutorily excluded include those who have committed violent or sex offences who are currently serving an extended sentence under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. (THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OF OUR LADS AND ALL SHOULD GET THE TAG, THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO JEOPODISE THIS)

Electronic tags
If a prisoner is to be released on HDC they must sign a licence which tells them the times they will have to remain at their home address or hostel; normally 7pm – 7am. On reaching this address, an electronic tag is fitted to the prisoner and monitoring equipment installed at the address by a private contractor.

If the prisoner breaks their curfew, the electronic tag will alert the contractors and the prisoner may be recalled to prison where they will stay until their automatic release date. If they are recalled for breaching the HDC curfew conditions, they will not be released again on HDC either for the rest of their sentence or on any future custodial sentences they may receive.

Sometimes a prisoner is recalled for reasons beyond their control (for example if they are unable to stay at the curfew address any longer). If this is the case they may be eligible to apply for re-release immediately upon their return to custody subject to another suitable address being located.

In the cases of all our lads, they were given forms by the prison to complete, probation forms, once completed the probation service set things in motion and usually contact the families, they will then do a pre visit or in some cases contact families by phone to discuss the method the tag will be enforced.
On the day of release the lads will have a deadline to get home and a time will be given for the TAG people to arrive at your home, fit the TAG and then make sure it works, they will explain everything then to families.
I asked him about the other lads and he told me that he was still sharing with Steve M from Bridgend in Block 3, Steve hopes to be home a month ahead of Peter, Stefan from Pontlottyn is doing very well and hopes to get his release on June 5th maybe earlier, alongside my son Peter and Rob Connelly who will be the last three released. Nathan P (from Cardiff)is used to being away due to his army career and is coping well according to the lads. and the other 6 are still in Block 2 still sharing are Brett and Paul O’Hara, Jai H and Nathan Marshalsea, Rob Connelly and Gareth Green...they rarely all see each other though. They have been in touch with their legal people and the governor and all applied to go to Block 7, an area where they should be anyway, which consists of Category C prisoners instead of B and C categories in which they are in now. Saying that they all seem well looked after and are getting on well in the Blocks they are in.
Nick Fredrico had an initial 12 months and Sam Johnson had 10 months initially so hopefully they will also be soon I then appear to have lost track of the last lad in Hewell, is it Craig? Can someone let us know who I have forgotten please?
Below we see some of the reasons the Judge Edmunds felt happy to impose these sentences, most of the reasons will amaze many football fans.

http://squaremilenews.blogspot.com/2011 ... enced.html

The 25th March will see the sentencing of a few Chelsea fans including Jason M, then there are trials and more sentences due in April and May...tough times ahead for so many people, what ever team they support I feel empathy with them and wish them all the best of luck.

Thanks for that update Corky

Cheers Corky for the updates and its not long now

That's great news. The sentencing was disgusting. Gld they're all doing well

Thanks for that Corky apart from your obvious good news I have always wondered how those TAG things work.

It's amazing the things you learn from reading this MB.

awesome news.

Great news,all the best boys.

Nice one Corky. Keep us informed

Great news lads,about time too.

Top news Cork, please pass on my thoughts and support.
Have just read that Judge's comments on the squaremile - "intent on goading"? please
“You were on the front line of Cardiff supporters involved in repeated surges while considerable violence took place around you,” around him?
“You were jumping up and down, goading, and intent on causing a reaction. You were aggressive and made gestures at mounted police.
Is he being serious? Bloody hell.
I know the time has gone and the lads are doing their time but for crying out load! If it had been policed better none of it would have happened - surely

good to hear they will be home soon

Great news, but ffs, if i got six months evey time i called someone a f*cking wanker, i'd be doing life!

Great news, but ffs, if i got six months evey time i called someone a f*cking wanker, i'd be doing life!

Fantastic news.

Sense finally prevailing. Utterly contemptible sentencing and Judge Edmunds needs to take a good long hard look in the mirror at his consistency in dealing with offenders because football fans are humans. I hope your son Corky is able to re-build his life quickly and put this behind him. I doubt my letter to Ken Clarke caused any ripples as I think a change of sanity within the system must have prevailed somewhat beforehand.

Cheers and I hope that a sense of reasonable circumspection prevails before anymore ludicrous sentences are handed out in Court 7 at Isleworth.

Cheers Chelsea Tang, I hope that everyone else left to be sentenced can be dealt with leniently...Chelsea and City..they all acted like drips on the day but these jail sentences compared to other crimes are crazy....my son and the others will be ok...prison is not as bad as it once was, well Hewell seems ok anyways...but like you say its their future that is important...a criminal record for violent disorder does not help your CV in life...perhaps when its over we will fight to try to get these charges reduced to section 4 or 5...that is what they are in reality...its pointless at the moment there is an agenda at work...and so long as trials are still being held they won't look at this...but maybe at a later date we may get some sense from somewhere????

thanks for the update corky.

Thanks for keeping us informed, good luck to the boys and all the lads facing trials in the near future

Great to hear some of the boys will be home soon

morgans mum just text me ,got probation officer going around her house on friday ,making sure all ok for morgans curfew/release.thanks again and morgan loved calling during the game on sunday and hearing his name being sung

morgans mum just text me ,got probation officer going around her house on friday ,making sure all ok for morgans curfew/release.thanks again and morgan loved calling during the game on sunday and hearing his name being sung

Thats great news, lets get the lad home

Great news, but ffs, if i got six months evey time i called someone a f*cking wanker, i'd be doing life!

imagine how long you'd get if it was said to you

Marshy's an acquaintance of mine (couldn't really say a friend), and according to the boys he's hoping to be home for his birthday in the middle of May. They told him it'd probably be early June but they're seeing if they can bring it forward a bit

it says the match was categorised as a c plus the highest for potential trouble, but no effort was made by the police to prevent any trouble. its got set up written all over it

THANKS again Corky