I disagree profoundly with all the above posters.
He knew the rules, wilfully broke them, and has used the reputation of the Reg to manipulate the media in order to get early release from what was already a very lenient sentence. He should have kept his mouth shut, accepted he had f*Ckd up, and done his time.
I saw also he went on TV and made a speech (without even black masking tape over his eyes). It looked to me that this was to fish for a book contract. Good luck to him, but he'll be PNGd for life.