With a five year sentence for GBH with intent, he’ll have to serve a minimum of 3 years 4 months before he’s eligible for parole.
Says i. the article as he has spent 707 days on remand he could be eligible in just over a year. Better let them know they are wrong, And in any case the sentence is ridiculously lenient.
This reminds me of a funny story, I took a Japanese buyer up to Iceland to buy Redfish. On the flight he asked me who were we meeting and I said the guy was called Gudmundsson. He said for his tongue it was difficult, so he said okay I will remember it by the words ''Good Morning son'' We went the next morning to the factory and he greeted the guy by say ''pleased to meet you good afternoon son''