All news on the topic: Parole Board

Stuart Leggate killed eight-year-old Mark Cummings after abducting him from the block of flats where they lived and stuffing his body in a bin chute in Royston, Glasgow

Serial sicko and former popstar Gary Glitter has shown no remorse for the victims of his sexual abuse and may reach the age of 86 before he is ever allowed to leave prison again

Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980 - offences that came to light as part of Operation Yewtree

Melissa Cleaver’s parents and grandparents were murdered along with a live-in nurse in the Fordingbridge Massacre, she said she was relieved that parole was denied

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson abducted, tortured, and murdered James Bulger, two, after leading him away in a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in February 1993

Jon Venables had a private hearing on November 14 and while the Parole Board's decision was due to be announced 10 to 14 days later, it has now been delayed until mid-December

Glyn Razzell is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of killing his estranged wife Linda in 2002 when bloodstains found in the boot of his car matched her DNA

Glyn Razzell, 64, is fighting to be freed from a life sentence for the murder of his estranged wife Linda in 2002, and insists he doesn't know where she is or if she's dead

Colin Pitchfork, 63, was given the green light to walk free, but now a judge has ordered a reconsideration of the decision, meaning the killer will remain in prison

Colin Pitchfork was denied parole in 2016 and 2018 after being branded a danger to the public but is now set to walk free 40 years after raping and strangling 15-year-old Lynda Mann

Leslie Van Houten, involved in two killings as a former member of Charles Manson's evil cult, has been recommended for parole. She could face a fight to prevent her release by California Governor Gavin Newsom

James Hurley, now 60, who killed off-duty constable Frank Mason in 1988 and then went on the run for 13 years, and Paul Weddle, who stabbed Sgt Bill Forth to death in 1993, are bidding for freedom

Sidney Cooke, who is one of Britain’s oldest inmates, could be freed from his high-security prison by the summer. He will appear again before the parole board on May 3

Maria Pearson, now 66, stabbed her ex-partner's new girlfriend Janet Newton to death in a Hartlepool street in 1986 and reportedly could soon be released after 35 years in jail