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One experienced officer said: “Most of the people I’ve discussed this with think it’s outrageous. You can murder someone brutally but while you’re in prison you’re entitled to everything you ask for, no matter the burden you put on a stretched system, because it might breach your human rights to say no.
“What about the rights of the victim and his family? Is anyone thinking of them? Is it not another slap in the face they could do without?”
Another officer said: “This will be a logistical and security nightmare for the prison service and for the health service, and they have more important things to worry about.
“This is not a life-saving operation. It is not vital to keep Green healthy. If you’re serving life for murder, I think some things should be outside your reach and this is one of them.”
She was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 18 years in prison in November 2013 after she was found guilty of murder at the High Court in Edinburgh. Green and two accomplices lured Robert Shankland, 45, to her flat, tied him up and tortured him for hours, beating him so badly that they left a footprint on his neck. They also sexually assaulted him with a rolling pin.
Judge John Morris said at the trial: “It beggars belief you could act towards another human in this way. You left the victim, even in death, without any dignity.”
Green began her sentence at Cornton Vale women’s prison in Stirling but was moved after reports that she had had sex with other prisoners in her cell. She is now held in a women’s wing at Edinburgh prison.
The questions to be asked are "Is present policy fit for purpose and in the spirit of the law"?