Jack Laurence

On Wednesday, the 26th of November 2008, 10 members of a militant Islamist organisation from Pakistan began to carry out a series of 12 coordinated attacks across Mumbai that would last for four days.

Over the course of the four days of terror, more than 170 people would lose their lives.

On the final day, the attackers were cornered in two hotels that would be surrounded by Marine commandos and members of the NSG commandos.

The security forces stormed the hotels and nine of the 10 attackers were killed.

The only one to survive and be apprehended was Ajmal Kassab.

Authorities would build a bomb-proof barrack within Arthur Road to ironically protect him while he was tried and eventually would be sentenced to death.

That death sentence was carried out in 2012.

Barry is doing his time, waiting for trial, and he says as he's waiting every two weeks, the prosecution are bringing forward more and more witnesses.

Barry has received a 20-year sentence.

But he didn't at the time realise this.

He believed he'd been sentenced for 10 years for his crimes.

10 years for possession and 10 years for exporting.

What Barry didn't realise at the time was this sentence was to run consecutive, which means back-to-back.

Serve 10 years and then you serve the next.

Now, in many jurisdictions around the world, you will get multiple sentences.

However, they are to be served concurrent, so at the same time.

For instance, you may get three years for a robbery, six years for having a firearm, and 15 years for an attempted murder, all to run concurrent.

So the most you will serve is 15 years.

Even though he was unaware that his sentence was actually 20 years, at the time, he is still, of course, struggling with the thought of having to do 10.

Chapter three.