Steven Ling's brutal killing of 29-year-old Joanne Tulip on Christmas Day in 1997 shocked the nation. Despite Joanne's mother ...

The Parole Board has refused to overturn its ruling that a sadistic killer who murdered a woman in 1997 should be released.

Northumberland Correspondent Tom Barton spoke to the mother of Joanne Tulip on the day it was confirmed her killer would be released The mother of a Northumberland woman who was raped and murdered ...

Steven Ling has been behind bars for 26 years for the brutal killing of Joanne Tulip, 29, at his home in Stamfordham, Northumberland. He previously told police he had also raped Joanne.

A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Joanne Tulip at this difficult time. We are disappointed with this outcome but respect the independent ...

The mother of a woman murdered in 1997 said she was “worried and terrified” after the Parole Board refused to overturn its ...

Joanne Tulip (Image: PA Photos/PA Wire) The spokesman added: “Decisions of the Parole Board are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public and whether that risk is ...

The Parole Board has refused to overturn its direction to release a convicted murderer who stabbed a woman 60 times. Steven ...

The Parole Board has refused to overturn its direction that sadistic killer Steven Ling, who raped and stabbed Joanne Tulip in a sadistic murder 1997, should be released. The board was asked by ...

The board has refused Shabana Mahmood’s request to reconsider its direction that Steven Ling should be released after serving 27 years of a life sentence for the murder of Joanne Tulip ...

Doreen Soulsby, the mother of Joanne Tulip, said she was “extremely disappointed” that the reconsideration request had been unsuccessful and she feared “any woman that Ling becomes involved ...