Court says Parole Board should have examined allegations that did not feature in sex attacker’s trialVictims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys have succeeded in forcing the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release him from prison. Three judges at the high court in London have ordered the Parole Board to carry out a “fresh determination” – and Worboys will remain in prison pending the outcome. The judge quashed the board’s decision to release Worboys and ordered it to hold a fresh hearing before “a differently constituted panel”. The judgment also supported a challenge against rule 25 of Parole Board proceedings, which prevents any reasons being given for decisions made by the board. I considered whether the decision was legally rational – in other words, a decision which no reasonable Parole Board could have made.

Source: The Guardian March 28, 2018 09:35 UTC