Beverley Allitt is locked up in a secure hospital after being convicted of killing four children and poisoning nine others at a hospital in Grantham in 1991 but her minimum term is set to expire

In a statement, the spokesman for the teenager’s family in the UK said the decision had been reached by ‘mutual agreement’ but could not comment any further.

Zoe Davison said she had been unable to comprehend the fact that brother Jake Davison had murdered their mother Maxine before taking four more lives, including that of a three-year-old girl.

Devon and Cornwall Police have made a mandatory referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over gunman Jake Davison’s possession of a shotgun and shotgun certificate.

Alexander Mavridi, 49, is among five inmates who broke out of a jail in Instra, Moscow region, using a wrench illegally smuggled into their cell to break the locks.

Harold David Haulman III, has been charged with first degree murder for the death of Ashley Parlier, who went missing from Battle Creek, Michigan, while she was pregnant in 2005.

Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, 77, died of natural causes in a California hospital on Saturday at 1:43 am. He was known as the ‘Dating Game Killer’ after his appearance on the show.

Stuart Campbell, 63, was jailed for life in 2002 for the murder of his niece Danielle, from Essex, but will be eligible for parole this year in what will be an early test for the newly-introduced Helen’s Law.

A search of the home of Paul Flores in California was said to have yielded videos showing him allegedly raping a woman. Flores faces a charge of murder for the 1996 killing of Kristin Smart.