“When Charged with and Convicted of Murders, Should Life in Prison Actually Mean a Life Sentence?”
“Does a gangster life style deserve the kudos that it receives?”
“How would you feel if it were a member of your family that was murdered?”
Close family members of Manchester’s two most dangerous gangsters are seeking compensation from the police claiming their human rights have been breached by a crime fighting poster
When both were jailed for life following a six month trial in which nine other members of the gang were jailed. Greater Manchester Police marked their conviction with a billboard campaign across the city. See Billboard.
It showed the killers alongside pictures of how they could look when they are finally released from prison.
The posters thanked the public for coming forward with the evidence that convicted them.
Gangland shootings in Greater Manchester (also known as “Gun - Chester”) dropped by 92 % following the arrest and conviction of this infamous gang.
Civil rights group ‘Liberty’ is backing their legal action against Greater Manchester Police (GMP). It is understood a letter sent to the police by ‘Liberty’ says that the posters infringed the relatives’ privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Last night GMP chief constable Peter Fahy said: “We appreciate that in all we do we have to consider the human rights of all and that a balancing exercise has to be carried out. In this case we were concerned with the ultimate human right - the right to life and this far outweighed any privacy rights.”
Source: Manchester Evening News (MEN)
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