Kiddie Rapist On The Run
A suspected child rapist was on the run last night after a judge astonishingly granted him bail to attend a funeral unescorted.
David Parry, 30, had been in custody since June awaiting trial on a charge carrying a maximum life sentence.
But on Monday at Worcester Crown Court, Judge David McEvoy granted him bail to attend the funeral of his partner’s mother.
The decision prompted shock and fury among Home Office officials, police and prosecutors.
One Whitehall source stated, “I cannot imagine what this judge was thinking. You have an obvious public protection issue given what this individual is charged with. I understand the judge has a reputation as a maverick — but even so this defies belief.”
Norman Brennan of the Victims of Crime Trust blasted, “Ludicrous decisions such as these lead to a continuing lack of faith in the judiciary.”
Judge McEvoy ordered Parry, of Malvern, Worcs, be released, effectively in his own custody, from Blakenhurst Prison at Redditch at 9am on Tuesday. Under his bail terms Parry, accused of attacking a girl under 16, was meant to report back to the jail at 6pm the same day. He failed to return and a police hunt was launched.
Detective Inspector Damian Barratt of West Mercia Police added, “We are conducting an investigation into the circumstances.”
Sources in the Midlands say prison staff were also outraged by the decision to let Parry out. He was last seen outside the jail getting in a car driven by a woman.
A Home Office Prison Service spokeswoman commented last night, “Neither the Prison Service nor Home Office were included in the decision-making process, which was opposed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Prison Service only grants leave for a prisoner to attend the funeral of a direct family member.
Prisoners held in Category B prisons like Blakenhurst would normally be escorted to a funeral by at least two officers.”
In June, Judge Carol Hagen bailed illegal immigrant Mohammed Reza Talabi Zemani, who vanished after being charged with rape.
David Parry, 30, had been in custody since June awaiting trial on a charge carrying a maximum life sentence.
But on Monday at Worcester Crown Court, Judge David McEvoy granted him bail to attend the funeral of his partner’s mother.
The decision prompted shock and fury among Home Office officials, police and prosecutors.
One Whitehall source stated, “I cannot imagine what this judge was thinking. You have an obvious public protection issue given what this individual is charged with. I understand the judge has a reputation as a maverick — but even so this defies belief.”
Norman Brennan of the Victims of Crime Trust blasted, “Ludicrous decisions such as these lead to a continuing lack of faith in the judiciary.”
Judge McEvoy ordered Parry, of Malvern, Worcs, be released, effectively in his own custody, from Blakenhurst Prison at Redditch at 9am on Tuesday. Under his bail terms Parry, accused of attacking a girl under 16, was meant to report back to the jail at 6pm the same day. He failed to return and a police hunt was launched.
Detective Inspector Damian Barratt of West Mercia Police added, “We are conducting an investigation into the circumstances.”
Sources in the Midlands say prison staff were also outraged by the decision to let Parry out. He was last seen outside the jail getting in a car driven by a woman.
A Home Office Prison Service spokeswoman commented last night, “Neither the Prison Service nor Home Office were included in the decision-making process, which was opposed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Prison Service only grants leave for a prisoner to attend the funeral of a direct family member.
Prisoners held in Category B prisons like Blakenhurst would normally be escorted to a funeral by at least two officers.”
In June, Judge Carol Hagen bailed illegal immigrant Mohammed Reza Talabi Zemani, who vanished after being charged with rape.
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