A convicted paedophile released early from prison has won £2,500 in compensation after a High Court judge ruled that additional licence conditions imposed on him breached his human rights. Wayne Truter, 53, a British-South African dual national, served five years at HMP Leyhill for sexual offences against three boys before being freed on strict conditions set by the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), including a curfew and mandatory reporting times designed to protect children near schools. The ruling is significant because it found that a public protection body unlawfully restricted a convicted sex offender's liberty, despite the measures being intended to safeguard children.

Truter, a former IT consultant, argued the conditions – including confiscation of his passport, which stopped him serving his licence in South Africa – were unlawfully imposed, a claim dismissed by his probation officer and the Parole Board before he pursued a judicial review under the European Convention on Human Rights. His Honour Judge Tindal found Truter had suffered "false imprisonment" in breach of Article 8 (the right to respect for private life) and noted Truter had a stronger grasp of the legal position than the Probation Service. Truter was later recalled to prison after refusing to allow inspection of a tablet used to prepare his claim, a decision the judge upheld while dismissing a separate "deprivation of liberty" argument; he had stayed at approved premises in Northampton between September 2019 and January 2020.