Serial rapist Andrew Barlow recalled to prison weeks after release – BBC News
‘A man who was jailed for 13 rapes has been recalled to prison just weeks after being released.’
BBC News, 13th May 2023
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‘A man who was jailed for 13 rapes has been recalled to prison just weeks after being released.’
BBC News, 13th May 2023
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‘On 29 November 2019 Usman Khan attended a rehabilitation event at Fishmongers’ Hall and stabbed five people, two fatally. On 2 February 2020 Sudesh Amman attacked two passers-by in Streatham High Road with a knife before being shot dead by police. Both men had previously been convicted of terrorism offences. Both men had been automatically released on licence halfway through their custodial sentences.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th May 2023
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‘A former soldier who murdered a mother-of-three and dismembered her body has won a High Court challenge over his transfer to open prison conditions.’
The Independent, 11th May 2023
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An inquest will be held to examine wider issues around how a man murdered a mother and three children after being given a suspended prison sentence.
BBC News, 17th April 2023
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‘Ministers will be able to block the release of some prisoners and stop others getting married under new plans to overhaul the parole system.’
BBC News, 29th March 2023
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‘Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has agreed to meet a Leicestershire MP to discuss concerns over the possible release of Colin Pitchfork.’
BBC News, 1st March 2023
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‘Gary Glitter has been freed from prison after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexual abuse crimes, it has been reported.’
The Guardian, 3rd February 2023
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‘A man who was jailed for 13 rapes is due to be released despite an appeal from the justice secretary.’
BBC News, 3rd February 2023
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‘A man convicted of his wife’s 1985 murder has claimed his lover was responsible for the crime at the first ever public Parole Board hearing in England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 12 December 2022
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‘A convicted extreme right-wing terrorist and Miss Hitler beauty pageant contestant who joked about gassing synagogues is to be freed early from jail.’
The Independent, 13th October 2022
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‘A “dangerous” killer who murdered a pizza delivery girl in a frenzied sex attack in a case that made legal history could be moved to an open prison.’
The Independent, 12th September 2022
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‘Dominic Raab was accused by a senior Parole Board official of making a “difficult job next to impossible” after making big policy changes without notice, newly uncovered documents show.’
The Guardian, 26th August 2022
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‘A man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife is to have his parole application considered.’
BBC News, 20th August 2022
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‘The adoptive mother of Tony Hudgell, a little boy who was tortured by his parents, has said she is “over the moon” that his birth mother may not be released from jail this week as planned.’
The Independent, 11th August 2022
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‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said it is “deeply sorry” that a murderer’s parole dates were given to a local newspaper before the victim’s family.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2022
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‘Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest serving and most notorious prisoners, has become the first inmate to formally ask for his next Parole Board hearing to be heard in public after new rules came into force on Thursday in an attempt to remove the secrecy behind the process.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2022
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‘Victims, members of the public and the media will be able to ask for a parole hearing to be heard in public for the first time, following law changes being made today (30 June 2022).’
Ministry of Justice, 30th June 2022
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‘The Government does not know if electronically tagging criminals is helping to cut reoffending because of failings with the system, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned.’
The Independent, 8th June 2022
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‘Victims could attend full Parole Board hearings for criminals hoping to be freed from jail for the first time as early as next month.’
The Independent, 4th May 2022
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‘Sex offenders and domestic abusers are being freed from the UK’s military jail “without any safeguards or probation supervision”, inspectors have warned.’
The Independent, 5th May 2022
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