‘Justice Secretary to ask Parole Board to reconsider decision to free 40-year-old, jailed for ‘causing or allowing’ death of her son.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2022
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A bid to move the killer of Joanne Tulip to an open prison has been blocked by Dominic Raab.’
BBC News, 19th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ryan Herbert is to be released 15 years after he attacked Miss Lancaster and her boyfriend because they were dressed as Goths.’
The Independent, 16th March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A murderer who refuses to reveal the whereabouts of his wife’s body has been returned to jail after breaching his parole licence conditions.’
BBC News, 29th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Colin Pitchfork has been arrested and sent back to prison just two months after being released, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced on Friday. He was let out in September after spending 33 years in jail for murdering two teenage girls in the 1980s.’
The Independent, 20th November 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘One of Britain’s most notorious child sex offenders has been refused parole for the 10th time. Sidney Cooke, now 94, was jailed for life with a minimum five-year term in 1999 for the abuse of two brothers.’
BBC News, 28th October 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A prisoner has become the first person to be refused parole under a new law that makes it harder for killers to be released if they refuse to reveal where they hid their victim’s body.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Ministry of Justice has apologised for saying killer Colin Pitchfork would not have to sign the sex offenders register when released from prison.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who raped and murdered two 15-year-old girls will not be placed on the sex offenders register when he is released.
The Ministry of Justice said it was because Colin Pitchfork’s crimes were committed before 1997, when the register was introduced.’
BBC News, 19th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The child killer and rapist Colin Pitchfork is to be freed from prison after the Parole Board rejected calls from the government to reconsider the controversial decision.’
The Guardian, 14th July 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The decision to release double child killer Colin Pitchfork will be reviewed, it has been confirmed.’
BBC News, 28th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government will ask the Parole Board to look again at its decision to release a double child killer who was the first murderer to be convicted using DNA evidence.’
BBC News, 26th June 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary is considering intervening over the decision to approve the release of child killer Colin Pitchfork.’
The Independent, 21st June 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A murderer who tried to help one of the victims of the London Bridge terror attack has been cleared by the Parole Board to be freed from prison.’
BBC News, 21st May 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crime victims are to be told when an offender leaves prison as part of a new code that has come into force in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 1st April 2021
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‘The rule which currently requires all parole hearings to be held in private will be relaxed as part of the government’s efforts to increase public confidence in the process.’
Ministry of Justice, 8th February 2021
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A convicted terrorist who was jailed for his role in an al Qaida-inspired terrorist group is suing the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).’
BBC News, 3rd February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man whose conviction aged 15 made him Britain’s youngest terrorist is safe to be freed, despite his key role in a plot to kill police officers, the Parole Board has decided.’
The Guardian, 18th January 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning the role of the Court in relation to the principles governing the award of costs in lower courts.’
UKSC Blog, 4th December 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Killers who withhold information on their victims could spend longer behind bars.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th November 2020
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
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