Article: Appeal judges back life in jail for killer Hindley

THE decision of successive home secretaries that Moors murderer Myra Hindley must spend the rest of her life in jail with no hope of parole was today ruled lawful by the Court of Appeal.

The ruling was a victory for Home Secretary Jack Straw whose lawyers argued that "pitiless and wicked" killers like Hindley, who has already served 32 years in prison, "should be punished for the rest of their days" and never released.

Three judges dismissed Hindley's appeal against last December's declaration by three High Court judges, led by Lord Bingham, the Lord Chief Justice, that whole life tariffs were lawful, provided the possibility was kept open of prisoners being released on licence "in ...

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