Briefing: People: Jailed peer to be test case
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Your support makes all the difference.Lord Brocket, who was jailed for five years over a pounds 4.2m insurance fraud, is to be used as a test case over whether sentences should be reduced for people assaulted in prison.
The 45-year-old Old Etonian, was knifed by gang of inmates in an alleged attempt to stop him giving evidence in a blackmail case against fellow prisoners.
The judges recommended that a full hearing should be held by the Court of Appeal, to establish whether attacks on prisoners serving their sentences were a reason for a reduction of the time spent in jail.
The 3rd Baron Brocket, a sporting friend of the Prince of Wales, was jailed in February last year after admitting that he arranged to have four classic sports cars "stolen" in a bogus raid on his home in Hertfordshire.
- Jason Bennetto
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