The man who risked his life in the London Bridge terrorist attack by tackling a terrorist with a whale tusk has been pardoned by Queen Elizabeth.
Steven Gallant had been on day release when he risked his life to stop Islamic terrorist Usman Khan in his tracks before cops arrived and shot him dead.
Gallant armed himself with a narwhal tusk, which had been mounted on the wall of nearby Fisherman’s Hall, then ran after the jihadist and saved numerous lives on November 29 last year.
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Thesun.co.uk reports: Gallant, 42, will now have 10 months knocked off his 17-year sentence after being sent down in 2005.
He was granted the Royal Prerogative of Mercy, a historic royal prerogative in which pardons can be granted to convicted criminals, but they are used very rarely.
His bid for freedom could be rubber-stamped as early as next June when he goes before the Parole Board.
The Ministry of Justice told the Sunday Mirror the decision had been taken because of Gallant’s “exceptionally brave actions.”
Gallant was thrown behind bars for battering firefighter Barrie Jackson to death outside a pub.
Jack Jackson, 21, the victim’s son, said: “I have mixed emotions – but what happened at London Bridge goes to show the reality that people can change.”
The crazed terror nut killed Gallant’s pal and prison mentor Jack Merritt, 25, as they were all in a conference in the Fishmongers Hall next to London Bridge.
Jack’s father David, 55, of Cottenham in Cambridgeshire, said: “Steve fully deserves this pardon, or reduction in sentence. It is fantastic.”
Khan killed two people – Cambridge University’s Learning Together prison-rehabilitation – workers Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23 – and injured three others.
The UK government is scared that their are still men like this in their population. Men that missed their chemical castration poisoning. they are scratching their heads. UK intel lost one of their best agents because of this man.
I’d like to go tavern hopping with this bloke.