Serial sex attacker dubbed the 'Coronation Street rapist' recalled to prison ... trends now
A serial sex attacker dubbed the 'Coronation Street rapist' for targeting young mothers in their own homes has been recalled to prison due to licensing breaches just months after he was released.
Andrew Barlow, 67, from Bolton in Lancashire, was released earlier this year after he was handed thirteen life sentences for his campaign of terror across five counties during the 1980s.
The predator spent just 34 years in jail after being convicted of 11 rapes, three attempted rapes, indecent assault and using a firearm to resist arrest.
Barlow, formerly known as Andrew Longmire, was first locked up in October 1988 and in the decades that followed he was linked to more horrific crimes as previously unsolved cases were cracked.
The Ministry of Justice said Barlow was being recalled to prison on Friday - just six weeks after the Parole Board rejected a bid by the then justice secretary, Dominic Raab, to halt his release.
Andrew Barlow, 67, from Bolton in Lancashire, was released earlier this year after he was handed thirteen life sentences for his crimes
His tariff was fixed at 20 years and in the decades that followed he was linked to more offending as previously unsolved cases were cracked
His release has left victims and the families of Barlow furious, after they campaigned tirelessly to keep him behind bars along with Manchester MP, Graham Stringer.
Following Barlow's return to prison, Mr Stringer told the Manchester Evening News: 'It is extraordinary. I think this is another failure of the Parole Board to use common sense and protect the public from a very dangerous man.
'They were warned by me and the victims. This is institutional failure of the highest order.'
A relative of a woman Barlow raped in her own home in Greater Manchester in 1987 told the news outlet: 'I took it on the chin in January and decided to get on with my life when Barlow was released - now this animal is back in our lives again. We told the authorities and they didn't listen.
'Someone has to be accountable for this. It will mean all the victims and their families are reliving the agony again like we had to in January when we tried in vain to stop his release. We told the authorities he was too high a risk and we have been proven right.
'I will like to sit down with someone from the Parole Board face to face and tell them what happened to our family because of Barlow - not submit an email like I had to in January.'
It is understood Barlow's recall relates to a breach of his licence conditions but he has not been charged with any offences.
After the Parole Board determined on December 12 that he could be released, former Deputy Prime Minister Raab applied in January to cancel the scheduled release of Barlow.
Barlow, who lived in Bolton and Oldham, was a Category A prisoner until this was downgraded to B in 2010
Mr Raab, who was justice secretary before he resigned last month following a bullying inquiry, called Barlow's crimes
