Veteran gay rights campaigner identifies where carer killer should be locked up - and why
A leading gay rights campaigner says a man who killed a carer because of his sexuality should be locked up at a prison renowned for rehabilitating inmates.
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Peter Tatchell said Vitalie Tanga who was jailed for a minimum life term for beating Alfred Mattox to a pulp in his Wolverhampton home, was a danger to LGBT+ people and ought to be sent to Grendon Prison in Buckingham to be punished as well as reformed.
The 57-year-old carer, known as Alfie, died two weeks after he was kicked and beaten by acquaintance Tanga during a drink’s party on May 10, 2021 to mark Russia’s VE Day, after asking him to leave his Hallet Drive home in Merridale. Mr Mattox and his lodger Vadimas Astraskevicius were found unconscious in the flat.
Mr Tatchell said: “Tanga is a danger to LGBT+ people and probably to the wider public too. A minimum 23-year-sentence sounds about right, given the potential risk he poses.
"After he’s completed that term, he should be only eligible for parole if he acknowledges his crime, expresses remorse and shows strong evidence of reform. Offenders like him need rehabilitation as well as punishment.
