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A notorious British gangland figure was released from prison before he had served even half of his sentence as part of emergency measures introduced by the Labour government last year to ease overcrowding in jails. ‌

Dominic Noonan, 61, was jailed for 11 years in May 2018 after a jury found him guilty of 13 historical sex offences against four boys as young as 10. He was already serving a separate 11-year jail sentence handed down in 2015 for arson, blackmail, and perverting the course of justice. ‌

But he was released last month, his eventual release date in October calculated in part because he had already served 281 days on remand by time he was sentenced in 2015. It is understood he is banned from entering certain parts of Greater Manchester and remains the subject

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