BREAKING: Deputy Prime Minister says Greater Manchester's worst rapist should remain behind bars
The Deputy Prime Minister has called for Greater Manchester's worst serial rapist to be kept in custody. Dominic Raab, who is also Justice Minister, has asked the Parole Board to reconsider their decision to release Andrew Barlow, formerly Andrew Longmire.
The Deputy Prime Minister, said: “My thoughts remain with the victims of Andrew Barlow, whose despicable crimes blighted the lives of dozens of women. Public protection is my number one priority, which is why I’ve asked the Parole Board to reconsider their decision to release and I am overhauling the parole system to keep prisoners who pose a risk to the public off our streets.”
An MOJ spokesman said: "However as his crimes pre-date the creation of our Victim Contact Scheme we have unfortunately not been able to trace all of them. HM Prison and Probation Service works alongside local police forces to trace victims of historic crimes so that they can receive information and support but this is not always possible, for example if victims have moved home or changed their phone numbers.
He was dubbed 'The Coronation Street rapist' as most of the victims were attacked in their own terraced homes, in the north of England - the majority living in Greater Manchester. Two of the attacks took place in the street. A former victim told the Manchester Evening News he should never be released and the daughter of another victim has launched an online campaign to keep him behind bars. At the weekend the son of his first victim, a woman who was raped in her late 20s at her home in Greater Manchester, described how Barlow had torn his entire family apart because of the impact his crime had.
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