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Evil Alan Webster, then 40, was sentenced to life in January 2006 but under the terms of his sentence would have been eligible for parole in 2012, despite the depravity of his crimes.

Armando Iannucci, the shows creator, drew attention to the decision with a tweet last week.

Q. Your father, James, and mother, Lillie, were in the RAF, and as a boy you travelled extensively as they moved to different postings. A. We lived around the UK and, for three years, lived in Singapore where I’d a dingo, an Australian dog, and a spider monkey called Suki. When I was nine, my dad was sent back to Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland and we lived in Newcastle. From there we moved to Wales. Q. You’ve never spoken publicly about getting a juvenile caution... what happened? A. I do...

Q. Your father, James, and mother, Lillie, were in the RAF, and as a boy you travelled extensively as they moved to different postings.