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Serial rapist who was UK's most wanted man back on streets despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow was dubbed 'the Coronation Street rapist'

Wales Online

Serial 'Coronation Street rapist' allowed out of prison despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow - known as 'The Coronation Street rapist' - was sentenced to 13 life sentences but the Parole Board has deemed it safe to release him from prison next month

Daily Mirror

He was once branded 'Britain's most wanted man'... and now Greater Manchester's worst rapist is back on the street despite THIRTEEN life sentences

"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community"

Manchester Evening News

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Irish crime victims and families will soon have a say on when murderers and serious criminals can get freed from prison

The Parole Board is now urging victims of crime to engage with the parole process

Irish Mirror

Family of murdered Glasgow toddler fear killer moving back into their street after parole bid

Mark Bonini has launched a fresh bid for release with the family of his victim Andrew Morton being told that he could potentially move back into their street in Garthamlock.

Glasgow Live

Family of murdered toddler fear killer will move back into their street after fresh parole bid

Mark Bonini shot Andrew Morton in the head with an airgun.

Daily Record

Serial sex offender set to be released on strict conditions after appeal to High Court

A prisoner — whose latest sexual crime was trying to rape a woman in Port Augusta in 2002 — is set to be released after a judge finds there is not a significant risk that he will fail to control his sexual instincts.

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Tony Hudgell’s mother ‘disappointed’ after failed bid to delay abuser’s release

Jody Simpson and her partner Anthony Smith Both were both jailed for 10 years in 2018 after torturing the little boy.

The Independent UK

Prisoner once branded 'worst teen in Edinburgh' stabs guards after row over meal

Darren Cornelius, 33, lashed out at prison guards as his evening meal was being served at his cell. He flew into a rage over the delivery of the food and produced a 'small white' blade from his pocket

Edinburgh Live

Thug branded 'most dangerous teen in Scotland' stabbed two guards after row over prison meal

Darren Cornelius, 33, lashed out at prison guards as his evening meal was being served at his cell in HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

Man who killed wife becomes first inmate to face public parole hearing

Russell Causley claims at hearing in Lewes that his lover was responsible for 1985 murder of Carole Packman

The Guardian - UK

Murderer Russell Causley to face first public parole hearing in UK history

Causley was handed a life sentence for killing Carole Packman in 1985, having never revealed where he hid her body.

The Independent UK

Too dangerous to be released: Evil skinhead murdered teen as he slept

Robert Stewart, from Hattersley, was jailed for life for the racially motivated murder of 19-year-old Zahid Mubarek at a young offenders institution in March 2000

Manchester Evening News

‘I feel like a target’: Welsh woman braces for her stalker’s possible release

Exclusive: Rhianon Bragg says she feels vulnerable in her isolated home as her ex-partner could be freed from prison

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The Independent UK

Gang leader who set deadly honeytrap for 16-year-old can be released from jail

Danny McLean, along with five others, killed Shakilus Townsend in a cul-de-sac in south London after he was lured there by girlfriend Samantha Joseph.

Daily Record

SAS hero who gunned down ex in jealous murder feared to be back in Scotland

Thomas Shanks was jailed for life in April 2000 for the murder of Vickie Fletcher outside a pub after confronting her with a Kalashnikov rifle, an axe, a knife and a baseball bat.

Daily Mirror

Serial axe murderer Patrick Mackay 'furious' after parole hearing pushed back until March

Patrick Mackay is the UK's longest-serving prisoner after spending 47 years behind bars. He was convicted of butchering three people and confessed to killing eight more

Leeds Live

Daughter of 'Shoe Fetish Killer' victim Wendy Speakes tells parole board 'release him and you'll have blood on your hands'

Christopher Farrow tied up Wendy Speakes, from Wakefield, with stockings and forced her to wear blue shoes before he raped and stabbed her in 1994

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Qld double murderer Cherry in parole bid

The Queensland parole board will consider a bid by murderer Rodney Michael Cherry, who was jailed in 2002 for killing his wife Annette and stepdaughter Kira.

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson 'has changed and should be freed' at public parole hearing, claims pal

Stephen Gillen, a reformed armed robber and gangster, served time in over 25 different prisons and was at one stage in the cell next door to the UK's 'most notorious prisoner' - Charles Bronson

Irish Mirror

Heartbroken murder victim's mum wants to look killer in the eyes and ask 'why?'

Gavin O'Connor's parents say '11 years on, tears are still flowing'

Daily Record

Paedophile bus driver who killed schoolboy then moved in with family could be freed from jail

Darren Vickers was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison for the murder of eight year old, Jamie Lavis who he abducted and sexually assaulted after he boarded a bus that he was driving in May 1997.

Newsroom.co.nz

‘So many people have got blood on their hands’

Grief and tragedy bound two mothers together after their daughters were murdered by the same man two decades apart. This week their devastation is being heard at a joint inquest.

Daily Mirror

Sick paedophile who murdered boy before befriending his parents could be freed from jail

Darren Vickers could be freed as early as February 2023 after serving 25 years in jail for the abduction and murder of eight-year-old Jamie Lavis who he snatched while working as a bus driver

Manchester Evening News

'He should never be released': Paedophile bus driver who murdered Manchester schoolboy and then moved in with his family could be out in weeks

Bus driver Darren Vickers was jailed in 1999 but the Parole Board will consider his release in February

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