A serial rapist who targeted young mothers is due to be released from jail despite an appeal from the Justice Secretary.
The Parole Board has rejected an application from Dominic Raab, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, to cancel the scheduled release of repeat offender Andrew Barlow. The decision, though, may be challenged through an appeal to the High Court.
Barlow, 66, from Bolton, was jailed for life in 1988 with a minimum term of 20 years for 11 rapes, three attempted rapes and a range of other offences committed in the 1980s. Formerly called Andrew Longmire, he was also found guilty of two further rapes in 2010 and in 2017, both committed during the 1980s.
