he was released from prison to a hostel in March 2014. In January 2006, Monahan wrote an article for G2, a section of The Guardian (as "Erwin James"), recalling his time in the French Foreign Legion. In 2009 he admitted that part of the article contained information detailing experiences in Beirut which were untrue, as he had not, in fact, served there. For the majority of the time during which he wrote for The Guardian the circumstances leading to his arrests and convictions were not revealed, but in April 2009 Monahan's full name became public. Monahan wrote in G2 in April 2009 that his behaviour had been unforgivable and that "I seek no forgiveness now." Published works A Life Inside: A Prisoner's Notebook (2003) The Home Stretch: From Prison to Parole (2005) Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope (2016) References 1957 births Living people English male journalists English people convicted of murder The Guardian journalists 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion People convicted of murder by England and Wales Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales English prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment