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Janine Powell's daughter, aged 10, went to live with a friend when Janine, postmistress at a branch near Tiverton in Devon, was convicted and spent five months in prison.

Tiverton and Minehead MP Rachel Gilmour, whose father David Wrench played for England, Northampton and Harlequins in the 1960s, said the situation was a "travesty" and "financially unsustainable".

Thomas Wei Huang, 17, from Malaysia, was detained for life to serve a minimum term of 12 years after he tried to kill three people at Blundell's School in Tiverton.

The 17-year-old - who cannot be named for legal reasons - attacked two roommates, aged 15 and 16 at the time, during the early hours of 9 June 2023 at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, leaving them with severe injuries.

Mr Foord, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, had said the links "serve to arouse suspicion and undermine trust".