Submitted on Friday 15th April 2016
Rejected on Thursday 26th May 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Release former SAS hero, 65 year old Albert Patterson from prison.
Albert Patterson has been jailed for 15 months because he keept a trophy pistol he captured during the Falklands War. Albert cannot be considered to be a danger to the community and perhaps a fine and a suspended sentence would have been more appropriate.
The 65-year-old said he kept the handgun to remind him of the 22 friends killed in the 1982 conflict.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government and Parliament are not responsible for releasing people from prison. You could ask the Government to ask the Queen to exercise the prerogative of mercy.
You could also start a new petition calling on Parliament to change the law, to prevent cases like this happening in the future. This is likely to be more effective than asking for a court sentence to be overturned.
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