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Tom Davidson

'Sadistic' killer who stabbed victim 60 times in brutal murder should be freed, Parole Board says

A farm labourer who raped a woman and stabbed her 60 times in a sadistic murder 27 years ago should be freed, the Parole Board has said.

Steven Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on Joanne Tulip, 29, in Stamfordham, Northumberland.

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