A notorious baby rapist, Alan Webster, has lost his eighth appeal to be released on parole. Webster, who was sentenced to life in 2006, had a minimum jail term of just six years. Despite the national outcry and the depravity of his crimes, he would have been eligible for parole in 2012. Webster's crimes involved several counts of rape against a 12-week-old baby girl, whom he sexually assaulted and abused while being looked after by his accomplice, Tanya French.
A notorious baby rapist whose minimum jail term of just six years caused a national outcry has lost his eighth appeal to be released on parole. Evil Alan Webster , then 40, was sentenced to life in January 2006 but under the terms of his sentence would have been eligible for parole in 2012, despite the depravity of his crimes. The monster was jailed alongside accomplice Tanya French , 19, who got five years, after he pleaded guilty to several counts of rape against a 12-week-old baby girl.
Webster took photographs of himself raping, sexually assaulting and abusing the baby, who was being looked after by French. The attacks took place between February and March 2004. The initial sentence was challenged and in June 2006 a panel of five senior judges at the Court of Appeal, headed by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, ruled that Webster's six-year minimum term was too shor
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