A prisoner trapped by a controversial sentence fears for his life as coronavirus sweeps through the UK's jails. Danny Weatherson, from Scotswood, Newcastle, has been locked up for 15 years, currently at HMP Northumberland in Acklington.
A judge originally recommended that the 31-year-old, who is bipolar, serve just over 15 months for two attempted robberies before applying for parole.
But he is among thousands who remain in jail under controversial Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences - which were axed in 2012 - and is now "terrified" of falling victim to the deadly bug.
His worried father, Maurice Stevens, told Chronicle Live his son, who suffers blood clots on his lungs, is fearful he will die before he is released. "Bec