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13.04.2023 - 17:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The prisoner who staged a 12-hour overnight protest on the roof of Strangeways has caused more than £50,000-worth of damage at other jails, a court heard.
Joe Outlaw, 36, is serving time at HMP Manchester after he was handed an indeterminate imprisonment for public protection sentence (IPP) for robbery in 2011 — effectively meaning he was not given a set release date. Having spent time in other jails across the UK, he committed acts of criminal damage which added another seven years to his prison term.
Today, that extra total became eight years and four months, after Outlaw was given a further sentence for causing thousands of pounds-worth of damage to a prison cell at HMP Hindley last January.
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Less than six hours after climbing down from Strangeways' roof, Outlaw appeared at Bolton Crown Court, where he was handed a further jail term for criminal damage to the cell.
He yawned in court and said he was a 'bit tired' following his rooftop escapades.
Outlaw admitted the offence from January 28 last year. The court heard an 'irate' Outlaw spent the early evening making threats he would smash up his care and separation unit (CSU) cell to prison guards outside.
He blames his IPP sentence for his actions, according to his solicitor, David Bentley.
“He regards his actions [as if] he is subject to a regime with his sentence that means, to his mind, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel — but the irony of that is that his offences mean there’s a delay in the Parole Board being able to assess him,” he said at a hearing in Bolton Crown Court this morning (April 13, 2023).
“It’s a vicious cycle,” he concluded. Outlaw has a record of criminal damage to prison
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