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Luke Ings was 17 when he was sentenced in 2006 after admitting offences including a robbery in a Bracknell underpass and an assault on a teenager at McDonald's.

Although he was given a minimum tariff of 21 months, Mr Ings was handed a detention for public protection sentence, a type of indefinite sentence introduced for offenders considered a risk to the public. Unlike standard prison terms, IPP prisoners could remain in custody long after their tariff expired if they were not considered safe for release.

Until his release yesterday, he was the longest-serving IPP in the UK.