Thug’s jail release after sentence blunder

A thug who stabbed, punched and bit a man in an attack in Oldham town centre is to be released from prison after a publicly-funded investigation into the terms of his jail sentence.

Terence Calder (28) received an extended sentence of five years and eight months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court in February, 2009 after he admitted wounding with intent to cause GBH.

But eagle-eyed lawyers for Calder, of Wenfield Drive, Blackley, spotted a miscalculation of the number of days he had already served behind bars.

Having lost a sentence challenge on other grounds, Calder petitioned the taxpayer-funded Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) — the independent body that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice — and has now had his prison term cut by 35 days.

Having served half of his sentence, the reduction means that, unless Calder has already been let out, he will be released on licence in the next few days

Calder hospitalised a 31-year-old man in 2006 after punching and kicking him outside the Aruba Bar in Oldham.

As the man lay on a car bonnet, Calder stabbed him and bit his hand.