Kevin Morgan, a former accomplice of 'gangland armourer' Christopher Wallace, was denied compassionate leave days before his death
A dying prisoner who applied for compassionate leave days before his death was refused by former Justice Secretary Dominic Raab as his request "did not meet a robust criteria", according to the Ministry of Justice.
Mr Morgan had been arrested and remanded into custody in 2018 as part of Operation Bombay, a major Merseyside Police covert investigation into two sprawling organised crime groups, one headed by Wirral "bomb-maker" and "gangland armourer" Christopher Wallace and the other by Speke based brothers Callum and Jake Burrows.
A spokesman for the MOJ, when asked by the ECHO why Mr Morgan's applications were refused, said: "“Our thoughts remain with Mr Morgan’s friends and family. Applications for compassionate release are considered on a case-by-case basis and must meet a robust criteria." In March 2021, he was told his cancer was terminal and he was given a prognosis of between six months and a year, although he was offered further rounds of chemotherapy. He made an application for compassionate leave to the Secretary of State for Justice on two occasions, in July 2022, and January this year.
"In January 2023, the Secretary of State rejected another application for Mr Morgan to be released on compassionate grounds."
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