"I would say that the overwhelming majority of victims of crime will be astonished and thoroughly depressed that one of the most violent criminals in the prisonsystem is allowed to engage with the British public in this way, " a NVA spokesman said.
Chairman of the British Medical Association's forensic medicine committee, George Fernie, said the prisonsystem lacked a "comprehensive care package" from when someone entered the custodial chain to when they were released.