A "dangerous killer" who made legal history has had his move to an open prison blocked by the Ministry of Justice. William Dunlop, who murdered his ex-girlfriend in a frenzied sex attack, had hoped to move to a lower security jail.
But Brandon Lewis has rejected the Parole Board’s recommendation to move Dunlop to an open prison, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said. In 2006, Dunlop, known as Billy, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after admitting murdering Julie Hogg, a 22-year-old mother and pizza delivery woman, in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham in 1989.
His case made legal history as he became the first person to be charged twice with the same offence after 800-year-old double jeopardy laws were changed. The sentence came at the end of a 15-year-long battle by her mother Ann Ming who campaigned to have the law changed so she could get justice for her daughter.
