Daniel Grace, from West Yorkshire, has spent 16 years in prison despite being given a minimum sentence of three years in 2010 at Leeds Crown Court for wounding with intent.
He, along with an accomplice, Shauna Smith, tortured a 16 year old boy after wrongly accusing him of stealing from them.
They punched him to the ground, tied his hands and feet with belts, beat him around the head, stabbed him in the thigh with a kitchen knife and cut the Achilles’ heel tendon on both his feet with a hacksaw.
Daniel Grace received a detention for public protection (DPP) sentence, meaning he could be held indefinitely unless approved for release by the Parole Board. These sentences were abolished in 2012, but inmates already serving them must still pass parole checks.
Grace has been denied release so far, and a 2020 appeal failed. Now, the Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred his case to the Court of Appeal, saying there is a real possibility the original judge misjudged his future risk.
His case is one of several under review, with over 150 similar sentences being investigated. Last month, six IPP/DPP sentences were quashed, raising hopes for others like Grace.
