A man who bludgeoned a dog-walker with a dumb-bell while out on early release is due for a parole hearing that could see him set free from prison after serving just five years. Robbie McIntosh brutally attacked Linda McDonald as she walked in woods near her Dundee home in August 2017.
He was on home leave from prison where he was serving life for stabbing another woman to death in the city when he was just 15. McIntosh, now 36, was granted an automatic parole hearing next week despite being given an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) by the court, which means he may never be released from prison.
As the five-year-anniversary of the attack comes up this weekend, grandmother Linda has spoken out to say she blames a lack of police checks and not McIntosh for the life-changing assault. She said stricter checks on people convicted of violent crimes are needed before they are released from prison.
