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| Teacher killer loses jail appeal | Teacher killer loses jail appeal |
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| The killer of a London head teacher, who was stabbed outside his school, has lost an appeal against a ruling returning him to a closed prison. | |
| Learco Chindamo murdered Philip Lawrence outside St George's Roman Catholic school, Maida Vale, in 1995. | Learco Chindamo murdered Philip Lawrence outside St George's Roman Catholic school, Maida Vale, in 1995. |
| Chindamo was later moved to an open prison, but Home Secretary John Reid has overturned the measure. | |
| Chindamo challenged the home secretary at the High Court, but his appeal was rejected. | |
| 'Knee-jerk reaction' | |
| Lawyers acting for Chindamo accused the home secretary of acting improperly in an attempt to save political face. | |
| Chindamo was one of 25 prisoners moved back to a closed jail last year. | |
| It followed media coverage of the failure to deport criminals to their native countries and the risk of them escaping from low-security prisons. | |
| Flo Krause, appearing for Chindamo, who is now 26, argued his clients removal to a more secure prison was "knee-jerk reaction to frenzied media attention". | |
| She said the move amounted to unlawful discrimination and a disproportionate interference with Chindamo's human rights. | |
| Mr Justice Underhill, sitting at the High Court, rejected the appeal and dismissed Chindamo's application for judicial review. |