Bomber's Home Office Art

The Home Office has paid out £375 for a painting created by convicted nail bomber Matthew Williams. Williams is currently serving five life sentences for attempting to set off a nail bomb in a busy Liverpool street. He was also behind a prison riot that nearly led to the end of the career of Conservative politician Michael Howard and admitted to other disturbing behaviour such as trying to poison his own family and acts of arson. The painting depicts a London man looking at his surroundings and has already won the Koestler Art Prize, an award that recognises prison artists. The Home Office said: "We strongly believe in rehabilitating all offenders including those guilty of very, very serious crimes." For the full story - click the title Irish Art