Offenders to face toughest test yet for open prison moves
Serious offenders to demonstrably prove they no longer pose a risk to public.
Source: gov.uk
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Serious offenders to demonstrably prove they no longer pose a risk to public.
Dominic Raab shifts burden of proof onto serious offenders to justify why they should be allowed to move to more liberal regime
Mr Raab overruled the Parole Board which had recommended the move for Adam Swellings
Joanne Tulip was stabbed 60 times on Christmas Day 1997 by Steven Ling, who she had met that day.
Steven Ling was jailed for life for the violent murder of a 29 year old woman a quarter of a century ago