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Connor Chapman, 23, was jailed for a minimum of 48 years last month for the murder of Elle Edwards, 26 - who he shot dead outside the Lighthouse pub in Merseyside on Christmas Eve

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has commissioned polling that critics warned could lay the ground for the early release of prisoners as jails struggle with overcrowding

The staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice was included by mistake in an £8million contract that was published on a Government procurement website

The distraught mum of Rebecca Aylward, 15, said: "That cowardly monster planned to kill my beautiful daughter in the most horrific way possible – he should never be released"

Legal aid payments have been used to cover scores of Connor Chapman’s offences since he was 14. Last month, he was jailed for a minimum of 43 years for killing Elle Edwards

The latest Ministry of Justice data shows 86,602 men and women were in prison in England at the end of July. The figure is just 971 short of the 'usable operational capacity'

Describing her daughter's killers as a 'coward' Cheryl Korbel said she wanted jailed Thomas Cashman to 'listen to the pain that he's caused, the pain that we went through and the pain we are still going through'

Stephen Wynne, who was 26 at the time, attacked Chantel Taylor on March 13, 2004, when she was just 27 years old - but her disappearance remained a mystery for more than a year

Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk has asked a Parole Board to reconsider its decision to allow double child killer Colin Pitchfork to be released, said the Ministry of Justice

The country was left shocked after Jon Venables and Robert Thompson kidnapped little James Bulger and tortured and killed him in Bootle, Merseyside in 1993

Former DS David Shipley came out of retirement to help with the case and is now calling for the law to treat sexual crimes against the dead and the living in the same way.

Photographs taken at HMP Frankland in County Durham show the inmate lying on the roof - in just his underwear - amid a tense showdown with prison staff and riot police

Murderer Levi Bellfield, who killed three young woman, recently found out he would be allowed the day off prison work to get married, and reportedly wants a former X-Factor contestant's song played during the ceremony

The 55-year-old monster had threatened to take legal action in his bid to tie the knot with his girlfriend visitor after popping the question during one of her prison visits to the serial killer

Kyle Stephenson, 32, punched Braden Stromberg, 27, in an unprovoked attack from behind causing him to smash his head on a street in Bosolver, Derbyshire, causing severe brain swelling

Jail home brew doubled in price in a year, the Chief Inspector of Prisons said. Cons make the drink from fruit, sugar and yeast, brewing up to five litres per container

The criminals, including prolific paedophiles and rapists, were under the supervision of probation staff when they struck again, and one is thought to be rapist Ashley Shuck

Andrea Albutt, president of the Prison Governors Association, is calling for the Government to 'be brave' and let lags out early. There are only 900 places left in jails across England and Wales

Yagmur Ozden died after Rida Kazem, 24, lost control of his £180,000 Range Rover, catapulting her onto tube tracks. Her family has now spoken out saying they are furious at his short sentence

The PM failed to commit to changing the law in the next year to ensure criminals attend court. Thomas Cashman refused to leave his cell when he was sentenced for murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The staff member at HMP Belmarsh - Britain's most secure prison - is reportedly being investigated over allegations of a romantic relationship with murderer Jordan McSweeney

The latest raid saw three men arrive at the boutique in Place Vendome in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon, as dozens of tourists and other passers-by looked on

Cheryl Pickles, 35, and Andrew Hadwin, 39 - who was found dead in prison - deprived their child victims of food, locked them in a cupboard and forced them to take boiling hot baths

Official figures show Whitehall ministries missing targets to pay 90% of invoices from small and medium-sized enterprises within five days

The Tories are smearing key workers trying to protect their wages as prices soar and demonising poor households needing the Welfare State - hostility has become their hallmark, argues Kevin Maguire