Category: Parole Board

Parole Board Says Double Child Killer Can Go Free but Minister Might Block Freedom Bid

The Parole Board has cleared the way for child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released from prison but the justice secretary, Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk, will consider the case “extremely carefully.” Pitchfork was jailed for life for raping and strangling Lynda Mann, 15, in Leicestershire in 1983 and Dawn Ashworth, who was also 15 years old,…


Parole Board Imposes Strict Conditions in Release of Canadian Terrorism Convict to ‘Protect Society’

The Parole Board of Canada has imposed strict conditions on the statutory release of Mohamed Hersi, the first person in Canada to be tried for attempting to leave the country to join a terrorist activity abroad, citing the need to “protect society.” Hersi, 37, is being released after serving more than 9 years and 7 months…


Daughter of Murder Victim ‘Disappointed’ After UK Parole Board Clears Killer for Release

The daughter of a convicted killer says she is “disappointed” the Parole Board has cleared her father—who murdered her mother—for release from prison after Britain’s first public parole hearing last year. Russell Causley, 79, was jailed for life in 1996 for the murder of Carole Packman, who disappeared from the family home in Bournemouth, Dorset, in…