The family of a man murdered 24 years ago have said “catastrophic failings” of the probation service enabled his killer to strike again. Brian Whitelock, 57, has been given a whole life sentence, meaning he […]
A man’s indefinite sentence for a mobile phone theft has left him with severe mental health problems after 12 years in prison, his sister said. Thomas White was handed an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) […]
Convicted sex offender Gary Glitter will remain behind bars after losing a Parole Board bid. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between […]
A man who killed his wife with a claw hammer has had his automatic release from prison blocked by the government. Joanna Simpson, 46, was bludgeoned to death by Robert Brown in Ascot, Berkshire, in […]
Britain’s most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is launching a bid for freedom at a public parole hearing. Bronson, now known as Charles Salvador and appearing with a shaven head, cuts an imposing figure in his […]
Russell Causley, the murderer who was questioned at the UK’s first public parole hearing, is set to be released from prison. The 79-year-old murdered wife Carole Packman in Bournemouth in 1985 but has always refused to […]
The mother of Baby P could be released from prison within weeks after the Parole Board rejected a government challenge against its ruling. Tracey Connolly was jailed in 2009 after admitting causing or allowing the […]
A Californian parole board has voted to grant prison release to the murderer of Democratic 1968 presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy (RFK). Sirhan Sirhan served 53 years in jail for shooting the frontrunner after a […]
A man who killed two schoolgirls is to be released from prison. Colin Pitchfork has served 33 years in jail for raping and murdering 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth in the 1980s. Last month […]
Emergency legislation will be introduced to end the automatic early release from prison of terror offenders, the government has said. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland told MPs the change would apply to both current and future […]
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