// BBC UK NEWS — CRONACA
'My boss stabbed me then left prison early, but no one told me for months'
Hannah Pritchett said an administrative error meant she did not find out her attacker had been released early from prison for five months
Hannah Pritchett was 18 when she was stabbed in the lower back and hip by her boss Luisa Santos.
She was about an hour into her waitressing shift in May 2022 at the Three Horseshoes pub in Princethorpe, Warwickshire, when the blade went in. It was a fish knife, and with its cuts came Santos's false accusation the teen had had an affair with her husband.
That October, Santos was jailed for 10 years after being convicted of attempted murder. She was released in January 2026 under the Early Removal Scheme, which allows foreign national inmates in England and Wales, under certain criteria, to exit prison before they would have previously been allowed for the purpose of deportation.
Pritchett did not know of her attacker's departure from prison until five months after the fact. Sharing with the BBC the scheme's effect on her, she said she had been made to feel like an "afterthought", which was "just appalling".
A Ministry of Justice (MOJ) spokesperson said: "This was an awful crime, and our thoughts remain with Hannah Pritchett. Keeping victims informed is a vital part of our work and we are committed to always improving our service."
When asked by the BBC what the timeline should be for victims being informed of an offender's release under the removal scheme, the MOJ said the intention was for all victims to be contacted as soon as possible once information was available.
In the case of Pritchett, who was informed by the Victims Liaison Unit in June, there was an administrative error, the MOJ said, adding the matter had been escalated to management in both that unit and the prison in question.
Santos was deported having served three years and eight months in prison. The BBC has also sought clarification on her native country.
"Foreign nationals deported under the Early Removal Scheme are banned from ever returning to the UK," the MOJ spokesperson said.