Wayne Truter v Ministry of Justice

Facts

The claimant, Wayne Truter, a serving prisoner acting in person, was convicted of sexual offences against children in 2014 and given an extended determinate sentence, later reduced on appeal to an 11-year custodial term, and was made subject to a restraining order protecting his victims. He was released on licence on 30 September 2019 under a licence dated 4 October 2019 which contained lawful standard conditions and additional conditions — including a curfew and restrictions on internet-enabled and image-storing devices — that were unlawful because section 250 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 then required them to be directed by the Parole Board rather than Probation. He was recalled in May 2020, and the Board endorsed the recall in November 2022; judicial review failed and Lewison LJ refused permission to appeal in February 2024. He had been acquitted in March 2022 of breaching the restraining order. In October 2023 he issued this claim in Peterborough County Court alleging that documents in the November 2022 parole dossier breached the first and fourth data protection principles under the Data Protection Act 2018. After transfer to the High Court, a further dossier was prepared for the July 2025 hearing, at which release was again refused. On 10 October 2025 the judge refused strike-out but reduced 75 allegations to 16, permitting amendment to include the 2025 dossier.