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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Julia Roberts

Evil dad of boy who lost legs after being tortured has prison release BLOCKED

The evil dad of double amputee Tony Hudgell has had his release from jail blocked by Dominic Raab.

Anthony Smith, who was jailed for 10 years in 2018 for inflicting appalling injuries on his newborn son, was due to be freed this week after serving half his sentence.

But Justice Secretary Mr Raab used new powers in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act to block his automatic release.

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