British farmer Tony Martin has been released after serving two-thirds of his five-year sentence for shooting dead a 16-year-old burglar and wounding his accomplice.
It is not known whether Martin will return to Bleak House at Emneth Hungate, Norfolk. He has signed an exclusive deal with the Daily Mirrornewspaper for an undisclosed fee.
Martin was freed after repeatedly being turned down for parole because he has refused to show remorse for killing Fred Barras and shooting Brendan Fearon.
He was held at a secure secret location over the weekend after being moved from Highpoint Prison near Haverhill, Suffolk, for security reasons. He was originally jailed for life for murder, but his sentence was reduced on appeal for manslaughter.
A single yellow ribbon and a bunch of red roses left by well-wishers at his farmhouse signalled the end of his imprisonment. Steel shutters put up after the farmer was arrested still cover all the windows there.
Police have established a mobile police station outside the farmhouse in the light of reported threats on the farmer's life.
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