One-legged Nottinghamshire murderer Michael Sams has been refused parole. Notorious Michael Sams, now 81, will stay behind bars and will not be moved to an open jail.
After a month-long high-profile trial, Sams was jailed with four life sentences to his name and has now become one of Britain's oldest prisoners. During the trial, the toolmaker insisted he was innocent of the kidnapping and murder of Julie Dart, aged 18. The teenager had vanished from the streets of Leeds.
A post-mortem examination of Julie’s body revealed that Sams had strangled her, crushing her windpipe with his bare hands.
