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The parole board has cleared a killer who stabbed a woman 60 times during sex for release. Steven Ling, a farm worker, was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 1998 after he murdered Joanne Tulip, 29, in Stamfordham, Northumberland on Christmas Day a year earlier. Although he was ordered to serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars, in 2009, a high court judge reduced the minimum term to 18 years.
According to reports, a public parole hearing was held in July, but Ling was allowed to give evidence in private. At the hearing, two psychologists testified to the board, recommending Ling’s release from prison on a risk management plan. One of the psychologists said that she believed Ling’s risk was “not imminent” and was “manageable in the community,” adding: “I believe that now means his risk is at a level where he does not need to be kept in prison anymore.”
Meanwhile, Doreen Soulsby, the mother of Joanne Tulip, has slammed the decision to free Ling. Stating that Ling is “a very dangerous man,” she said the decision to allow his release has shocked her and her family. “I’m just worried sick for the safety of women and girls on the streets that this man should be in the community,” she added.
The parole board, however, after considering the specific circumstances of Ling’s offence, his progress in custody, and the risk management plan, has come to the conclusion that “imprisonment was no longer necessary for the safety of the public.” Subject to a set of standard license conditions imposed on all offenders released under supervision and additional license conditions imposed by the Parole Board, these include being subject to GPS tracking for 12 months, restrictions on the use of electronic technology, and exclusion zones, ling’s release will now go ahead
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