text1: Speaking after he discovered that he would not face criminal charges, Mr Green disclosed that the officers who arrested him last November warned him that he could be given the longest possible sentence. "They said, 'Do you realise that this offence could lead to life imprisonment?'," Mr Green told BBC Newsnight. I just thought this was absurd. "I assume it's because it's a common law offence therefore because there is no law on the statute book which I was alleged to have broken, then presumably there is no set sentence for it."
text2: Mr. Green is the shadow immigration minister of the UK.