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Child rapist Jeffrey Goodwyn sentence is 'unlawful' | Child rapist Jeffrey Goodwyn sentence is 'unlawful' |
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A "very dangerous" child rapist has been released from prison after a senior judge said it would be unlawful to keep him locked up. | |
Jeffrey Charles Goodwyn, 48, was jailed again in January 2012 for indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl eight or more years earlier. | Jeffrey Charles Goodwyn, 48, was jailed again in January 2012 for indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl eight or more years earlier. |
Lord chief justice Lord Thomas said an open-ended sentence can only be passed for offences after April 2005. | Lord chief justice Lord Thomas said an open-ended sentence can only be passed for offences after April 2005. |
Goodwyn, from Cardiff, was previously convicted of raping a nine-year-old. | |
Goodwyn, of no fixed address, was jailed at Cardiff Crown Court for two assaults on the seven-year-old and was given an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence. | |
While in prison, he refused to transfer to open conditions and the Parole Board described his conduct as unsatisfactory after he threatened staff and was punished for fighting. | |
'Danger' | |
His own lawyers told the Court of Appeal that he had made "no progress whatsoever" in prison. | His own lawyers told the Court of Appeal that he had made "no progress whatsoever" in prison. |
He had also refused to discuss his sexual offending, the court heard. | |
Lord Thomas said: "Because of his failure to engage with the relevant assistance available to him in prison, he has not begun to address his offending. | |
"Unhappily, despite the danger to the public which this applicant clearly represents, we are in no doubt that... the IPP was unlawful." | |
Lord Thomas imposed a three-year custodial sentence on Goodwyn, which he has already served, followed by five years on licence. | |
The judge held back his decision for fortnight while Goodwyn's parole arrangements, including hostel accommodation, were put in place. |