Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Liz Saville Roberts has sought firm assurances that convicted paedophile headteacher Neil Foden won’t be released from prison until he has served two-thirds of his sentence.
Foden, who served as strategic headteacher at two Gwynedd schools, was convicted in July 2024 of the sexual abuse of four schoolgirls in his care, over a four-year period. He was described by the trial judge as ‘depraved’, ‘arrogant’, and a ‘bully’.
During questions to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in the House of Commons, Mrs Saville Roberts sought assurances that the Ministry of Justice’s early prisoner release scheme (SDS40) does not apply to inmates such as Foden, who are charged with sexual offences and that he will serve at least twelve years in prison as reported at his sentencing.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Liz Saville Roberts MP said:
Neil Foden is in prison for the sexual abuse of four, vulnerable schoolchildren. He was the strategic headteacher at two secondary schools in Gwynedd. Foden was convicted of nineteen charges and sentenced to seventeen years in July this year for his abhorrent crimes. The judge said he showed no remorse. Can she advise me how to seek assurances for his victims that Foden won’t be released until he has served two thirds of his sentence?
In reply, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Shabana Mahmood KC MP said,
I can confirm that all sex offences of all types are excluded from the SDS40 measures.
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