By Neal Keeling & Kelly-Ann Mills A man who has spent 12 years in jail for stealing a mobile phone is being helped by Lord Blunkett, who was ironically the architect behind the controversial sentence that is keeping him behind bars. Thomas White was locked up in 2012 on an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, with a minimum of two year for a street robbery in Manchester. The IPP means he has to prove he is no longer a danger to society before he can be released. The controversial sentences were abolished in 2012 on the back of a European Court ruling but the 40-year-old is one of…