1. A terminally ill prisoner has been granted release on compassionate grounds with just a few days left to live.
Sabri Karatas, 36, an HMP Pentonville prisoner, is being treated for the final stages of bowel cancer in St Joseph’s Hospice.
His brother Ali told the Hackney Citizen that Sabri Karatas is now in a coma and requires constant care. Last week doctors gave him just 10 days left to live.
On 5 October the Karatas family’s solicitor submitted an application for early release of Mr Karatas from his 12 year sentence on compassionate grounds.
Read more https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2015/10/30/dying-prisoner-sabri-karatas-compassionate-release/