Convicted Killer Steven Ling Faces Public Parole Hearing

Stephen Ling, a convicted killer who brutally stabbed a woman 60 times during sex, is facing a public parole hearing after being jailed for life in 1998. Despite previous parole board recommendations, the then-justice secretary Dominic Raab intervened in 2022 to prevent Ling's transfer to a lower security prison, citing public protection. Ling's fifth parole hearing, set for July 16 and 17, will involve private testimony, disappointing attendees who were initially allowed to watch the proceedings in prison. Ling's heinous crime, characterized by sadistic violence, has sparked ongoing efforts by the victim's mother to keep him incarcerated, with concerns over the danger he poses to women remaining a focal point of the case.