A serial rapist who terrorised women across Greater Manchester and was given 13 life sentences was today released from prison. Andrew Barlow, formerly, Andrew Longmire, was taken under police escort to a hostel run by the Probation Service.
The Parole Board announced in December he was to be allowed out. The move was criticised by Deputy Prime Minister, Dominic Raab, who described Barlow's crimes as 'despicable'. He asked the Parole Board to reconsider. But a retired judge, a member of the Board, who looked at it again, agreed with the original decision.
Barlow, 66, was originally from Bolton, and later lived in Swinton, he has spent 34 years in jail. But one victim who spoke to the Manchester Evening News, last month, said her sentence is never ending.
