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The Latest Breaking News from the Parole Board

Northumberland Christmas Day killer who stabbed woman 60 times will have parole hearing heard in public

Stephen Ling opposed a public hearing, saying that it may trigger 'negative thoughts' for him

Chronicle Live

'Positive reports and remorse' - how schoolgirl's torture gang killer talked his way out of jail

"He and the other murderers of Suzanne were guilty of a crime every bit as horrific as the Moors Murders."

Manchester Evening News

Serial rapist Andrew Barlow recalled to prison months after failed bid to block release

‘Offenders are subject to tough licence conditions and when they breach them, we do not hesitate to return them to custody’

The Independent UK

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'Coronation Street rapist' with 13 life sentences back in jail 6 WEEKS after release

Andrew Barlow was given 11 life sentences in 1988 for raping 11 women and two more in 2010 and 2017 when he was linked to two more through advances in DNA technology

Daily Mirror

Twisted rapist jailed for 34 years for series of sex attacks back in prison six weeks after release

Andrew Barlow was originally handed 13 life sentences for his sickening crimes.

Daily Record

Serial rapist recalled to prison months after failed bid to block release

Andrew Barlow, 67, from Bolton in Lancashire, was released after serving more than 34 years in jail for a string of rapes in the 1980s.

The Independent UK

Serial rapist handed 13 life sentences for his despicable crimes is back in jail after six WEEKS

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Longmire is back in jail just weeks after the Parole Board deemed him fit for release

Manchester Evening News

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Gang who tortured and killed tragic teen all set to be released from prison

Suzanne, just 16 at the time, was tortured and beaten to death in a sickening crime that shocked the nation - with a 22-day trial in 1993 reducing a jury to tears before four people were convicted of. murder

Daily Mirror

Tortured teen's killers soon to all be free as fourth murderer due for release

Suzanne Capper's torture and death was so horrific, the 22-day trial reduced jurors to tears

Daily Record

Suzanne, 16, was tortured, beaten and set on fire in a murder that horrified the nation. All of her murderers will soon be back on the streets

Glyn Powell had been jailed for life in 1993 for the murder of Suzanne Capper

Manchester Evening News

Sir John Major warns against ‘excessive zeal’ to be tough on crime

The former Tory PM called for a stronger focus on rehabilitation.

The Independent UK

Too many offenders are being jailed, former Tory PM Sir John Major says

The ex-Tory leader argued that ‘pointless’ short-term prison sentences are being imposed where non-custodial measures would be more effective.

The Independent UK

Mum who adopted amputee Tony Hudgell to get OBE on same day boy's abuser seeks parole

Tony’s father Anthony Smith and birth mum Jody Simpson were jailed for 10 years for abusing him so badly he needed both legs amputating and now Smith seeks prison release

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Mizen's parents keep tragic collection of son's bloodstained belongings

Jake Fahri will soon face the Parole Board and learn whether he is to be released. He killed the 16-year-old at a cafe in 2008 in a crime that shocked the country

Daily Mirror

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Manchester Evening News

All these men made big mistakes. But are we punishing them too much?

"How can anyone build the life they want to live when they have to live under a state of perpetual anxiety and limbo?"

Daily Mirror

Son of 'Patrick Mackay's victim' says serial killer 'needs to stay locked up'

Patrick Mackay has been in jail for 47 years after being convicted of three murders - and Victor Davies, who is convinced his mum Ivy also died at the killer's hands, said he must remain in jail

The Independent UK

Killer affected by Helen’s Law told he will face public parole hearing

Glyn Razzell will face a two-day public hearing beginning on August 24.

Daily Mirror

Gran who arranged daughter-in-law's murder for wanting divorce is freed from jail

Bachan Kaur Athwal was one of the oldest people in the country to be jailed for murder after ordering the 'honour killing' of daughter-in-law Surjit Athwal but she serving less than 15 years

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'They have lost all hope': The 'scandal' jail sentence with a 'shameful' suicide rate behind the Strangeways roof protest

'The IPP sentence is a costly waste of money, and more importantly of human lives. The Government appears blind to the fact that all the indicators show IPP cannot simply be managed away': Neal Keeling reports on Britain's most controversial jail terms

Daily Mirror

Mum of kids murdered by 'Monster of Worcester' re-lives horror every day

Elsie Urry, whose three children were brutally murdered by the "Monster of Worcester" David McGreavy has said how she has them in her head "all the time" ever since

Liverpool Echo

Why Strangeways inmate wrote controversial 'FREE IPP' on the roof

An inmate climbed on the prison's roof in protest and stayed their for hours

Manchester Evening News

Strangeways protestor daubs 'FREE IPPZ' on the roof - what the sentence means and why it's so controversial

The Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence (IPP) was abolished in 2012 and branded 'unjust'

Nottingham Post

Release plan 'not robust enough' to manage twisted Nottinghamshire killer in the community

Michael Sams, from Newark, has spent an additional six years in prison

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of people like me are locked up with no fixed release date all because of New Labour’s political arms race

Nearly 3,000 of us are still in jail because of the infamous ‘imprisonment for public protection’ sentence, says author Terence Smith

Bristol Post

Charles Bronson 'is not my dad' - West Country man admits reasons for lie

He claimed a DNA test proved that Britain's most notorious criminal was his dad

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