Murderer whose conviction made legal history to face public parole hearing
William Dunlop strangled pizza delivery woman Julie Hogg in Billingham, County Durham, in 1989
William Dunlop became the first person to be charged twice with the same offence after 800-year-old double jeopardy laws were changed (Cleveland Police/PA)
A murderer who was brought to justice after his victim’s mother campaigned for a key change in double jeopardy laws is to face a public parole hearing.
William Dunlop strangled pizza delivery woman Julie Hogg in Billingham, County Durham, in 1989 and hid her mutilated body behind a bath panel where it lay undiscovered for more than two months.
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