The Deputy Prime Minister has called for Greater Manchester's worst serial rapist to be kept in custody. Dominic Raab, who is also Justice Minister, has asked the Parole Board to reconsider their decision to release Andrew Barlow, formerly Andrew Longmire.
Barlow, 66, was given 13 life sentences after two campaigns of rape in the 1980s across Greater Manchester and other northern towns. But on December 14th the Parole Board concluded he should be released this month.
The decision was met with disbelief by victims and their relatives, and described by veteran Manchester MP, Graham Stringer as a "perversion of justice".
