'New super prison is being built behind our home - it will put us in danger'
RESIDENTS living next to a proposed super prison that will cage murderers and sex offenders say their lives will be put in danger.also claim their mental health is at risk, views will be wrecked and wildlife killed off.Jo Asher and partner Dave Burden say their mental health is at risk with the construction of the prison extensionLocals in Gartree, Leicestershire, fear the prison - where lags could be locked up for 22 hours-a-day - will wreck their lives.
Livid RAF veteran David Burden said the four-storey building, virtually in his back garden, had caused him and neighbours “mental stress.” The 57-year-old aerospace engineer was close to tears when he told a packed public inquiry in nearby Market Harborough: “It is horrible and the worst thing I have gone through in my life. It is very unfair.”
David’s partner Jo Asher, sparked applause when she told planning Inspector Hayley Butcher: “Our lives will suffer but we’ve done nothing wrong.”
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