One of the killers of James Bulger will continue his a fresh bid for freedom today after his parole panel commenced hearing the case in private yesterday Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were aged 10 when they tortured and killed James, two, after abducting him from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in February 1993. […]
Drug offenders are to face intensive supervision from judges who will tell them to get clean or face jail. In a pioneering initiative to cut reoffending, criminals with alcohol and drugs issues will be closely monitored through monthly reviews and random testing to ensure they have kicked the habit. The ‘intensive supervision courts’, which are […]
The Divisional Court has clarified the scope of ‘public protection test’ as it applies to fixed term prisoners, placing important limits on the Parole Board’s interpretation of an earlier 2022 Divisional Court’ decision. The Court considered two cases, both of fixed term prisoners, one of an extended determinate sentenced prisoner and the second of a determinate […]
Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison after breaching his licence conditions, the Probation Service has announced. The singer, 78, was released from HMP The Verne in Dorset in February after serving half of his 16-year sentence. He was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was […]