Steven Ling's brutal murder of 29-year-old Joanne Tulip shocked the nation in 1997
A killer who stabbed a woman 60 times has been cleared to be freed by the parole board . Steven Ling, now 50, was jailed for life in 1998 for murdering Joanne Tulip, 29, in Stamfordham, Northumberland, on Christmas Day, 1997. He carved images including swastikas and crosses into her body. Ling was initially ordered to serve at least 20 years behind bars, but in 2009 a High Court judge cut the minimum term to 18 years.
'Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public and whether that risk is manageable in the community,' he said. Doreen said public confidence in the justice system would 'be broken and shattered forever with no way of repairing it'.
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