count of murder and two counts of attempted murder. The judge, Mr Justice Moses, told Bieber he had shown "no remorse or understanding of the brutality" of his crime, and the aggravating feature in the case was that Bieber did not need to shoot Broadhurst through the head, noting: Bieber was given three life sentences. The judge recommended that Bieber should never be released, making him only the 25th person in British legal history to be recommended for lifelong imprisonment. Should he be released, the State of Florida, where he faces charges relating to the murder of Markus Mueller and the attempted murder of former girlfriend Michelle Marsh in 1995, has said it would seek his extradition. Appeals On 24 October 2006, the Appeal Court rejected a bid from Bieber for his convictions to be overturned, but ruled he could appeal against the trial judge's recommendation that he should never be released. The Appeal Court ruled that the whole life tariff was not in itself a violation of the provision in the European Convention on Human Rights against "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". In February 2007, it was announced that Bieber's sentence appeal would be delayed due to a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) review of that question; the ECHR ruled in January 2012, by a 4–3 majority, held there was no such violation. Later in 2007, it was reported that Bieber was involved in an escape plot with two other prisoners. On 23 July 2008, Bieber was told by the High Court that he would not have to serve a whole life term, as originally recommended by the trial judge, but would still have to serve a minimum of 37 years before being considered for parole, meaning he is set to remain in prison until at least 2041, when he will be 75 years old. Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation, described the ruling as "[leaving] the judiciary with blood on its hands". Prison officer attack and conviction On 10 August 2017 Bieber attacked prison officer Alison Smith at HMP Long Lartin prison with a homemade weapon fashioned from an iron bar. At Worcester Crown Court he was given an additional life sentence, with a minimum six year additional term to run consecutively to the existing 37 year minimum term. Consequently, the minimum term is now 43 years and will run until 01 January 2047 when