Summary
A PRISONER who claimed that a recorded message on phone calls from jail was an unlawful invasion of his privacy has won his case, provoking fury from politicians who said the case amounted to an "outrageous" waste of money.
Stewart Potter, 43, who is serving 21 years for assault and armed robbery, claimed the recorded message was "an unnecessary and embarrassing reminder" of where he was phoning from.See the full content of this document
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Judge Backs Armed Robber in Fight Over Jail Phone Message
In a ruling on the legal challenge, Lord Glennie said people were not stripped of their basic rights simply because they had been jailed, and he held that the Scottish Prison Service did not have the authority of parliament for its policy of attaching the warning to all telephone calls.
Annabel Goldie, the Scottish Tory leader, claimed the rights of prisoners were bei...See the full content of this document
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