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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

‘I’ve finally got my son back – but my cruel IPP sentence means he could be taken away again at any time’

A mother whose toddler was removed from her care over a petty crime she committed 20 years ago has finally been reunited with her son after a months-long court battle.

Joshua*, who was not yet two, had never spent a night away from his mother when police knocked on her door in January and hauled her to prison, forcing social services to put him in foster care.

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