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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helena Horton and Rajeev Syal

Met chief questions why Simon Levy was freed after assaulting prison officer

Mark Rowley in police uniform in a mobile phone accessories shop
Mark Rowley says he is willing to be held to account for the Metropolitan police’s failings. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Mark Rowley, the Met commissioner, has sparked disquiet within the Prison Service after questioning why the murderer and serial sex offender Simon Levy was released from jail after sexually assaulting a female prison officer.

The UK’s most senior police officer said he “did not understand” why Levy, who went on to kill two women, was let out of HMP Brixton in south London.

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