‘Forget killers – release my son early from unjust 14-year prison term’

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A mum whose son has been in jail for 14 years for a phone theft has begged Andy Burnham to release him instead of killers. Shaun Lloyd, 38, was jailed for two years and nine months in 2006 but has served more than three times that because he was given an imprisonment for public protection sentence (IPP). He was recalled to HMP Cardiff weeks ago after an anonymous phone call even though he has committed no further offence. There are more than 2,000 people are still serving open-ended IPP punishments, many for relatively minor crimes such as phone theft. Shaun’s mum, Shirley Debono, has called on Andy Burnham to release hundreds of other IPP prisoners amid the decision to continue t