A prisoner who became "trapped" in jail after being handed a controversial indefinite sentence can finally be released after 17 years behind bars.
Danny Weatherson, from Scotswood, Newcastle, was just 17 when he was convicted of two attempted robberies, of a coat and a mobile phone.
He was given an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a type of ‘indefinite’ custodial punishment, which has now been scrapped.
