(Sky News) Jeremy Corbyn has told Sky News that convicted terrorists should “not necessarily” automatically serve their full prison sentences.
The Labour leader’s comment comes in the wake of Friday’s London Bridge terror attack, which left two people dead.
The attacker, 28-year-old Usman Khan, was a convicted terrorist who was wearing an electronic tag after being released halfway through a 16-year prison sentence for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said violent offenders “must serve every day of their sentence, with no exceptions.”
Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, Mr Corbyn said there were lessons to be learned from the incident and there should be a “full investigation” into the circumstances around the attacker’s prison sentence and subsequent release.
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