[PAR35]

jailed for five and a half years in 2002

So, doing the math, this story must have been written in late 2007 or early 2008.

[CWOJackson]

"So, doing the math, this story must have been written in late 2007 or early 2008."

Did you use a current exchange rate table?

Obviously time off in England is even more lenient then here.