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Dangerous criminals convicted of the most serious crimes will be kept behind bars 'for as long as necessary', the new Justice Secretary vowed yesterday.
Alex Chalk will today unveil Parole Board reforms in Parliament, introducing safeguards to prevent depraved killers being released early from prison.
He admitted yesterday that public confidence had been knocked in the wake of the Colin Pitchfork and John Worboys cases.
Black cab rapist Worboys, 65, was jailed indefinitely in 2009 for public protection with a minimum term set of eight years after he was found guilty of 19 offences involving attacks on 12 women.
He was cleared for release in 2018, but the decision was overturned by the courts after a furious public backlash.
Alex Chalk (pictured) will today unveil Parole Board reforms in Parliament, introducing safeguards to prevent depraved killers being released early from prison
Mr Chalk admitted yesterday that public confidence had been knocked in the wake of the Colin Pitchfork (left) and John Worboys (right) cases
Subsequently Worboys received a life sentence when more victims came forward.
In another shocking case, Pitchfork, 63, was jailed for life after raping and murdering two girls in the 1980s, but was released in 2021 after the Parole Board deemed he didn't pose a risk.
Just two months later
