Norwich inmate's legal challenge to vote
An inmate serving an 18-month sentence at HMP Norwich is planning to sue the government for blocking him from voting in the 2010 general election, a law firm has revealed.
Leon Punchard, 19, has filed an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said solicitors Leigh Day and Co.
The law firm said Punchard was seeking a "declaration and compensation from the UK government for its failure to take the necessary steps to allow him to vote".
Five years ago the European Court of Human Rights ruled it was illegal for ministers to deny voting rights to all prisoners.
Since then the Government has held two public consultations on the issue but has not changed the law.
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