Tuesday, 23 September 2008

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Jack Tweed to appeal prison sentence

Jailbird wants to be reunited with ex Jade Goody as she battles cancer

Jade Goody has visited Jack Tweed in prison several times before going into hospital

Jack Tweed is to launch a bid to cut his 18-month jail term.

He is being held at Chelmsford Prison, Essex, after being found guilty of assaulting a teenager with a golf club in 2006.

But his lawyers will argue that Jack, 21, should be given a reduced sentence because he needs to support ex Jade Goody, 27, as she battles cervical cancer.

'Jack didn't expect to be sent to prison,' a source tells the Daily Star Sunday. 'He wants to get out as soon as possible to be with Jade and her 2 boys.'

Jade, who had a hysterectomy last week, is now expected to start a course of radio and chemotherapy.