Notorious 'Massacre' killer gets decision on freedom bid after murder of five
One of Britain’s most notorious killers - the ringleader of the horrific Fordingbridge Massacre - has today been told he must remain behind bars. George Stephenson had pleaded to be allowed to be freed. But the Parole Board this morning dismissed his application to the “relief” of his victims’ family.
Melissa Cleaver’s parents and grandparents were murdered along with a live-in nurse in 1986 in a crime that shocked the country. She said: “We cannot express how relieved we are to learn that George Stephenson’s bid for Parole has been refused. It’s easy to be taken-in by Stephenson’s ability to lie and charm his audience but the gratuitous violence of that night evidences the true hideous nature that resides within this monster.
“Thankfully, the Parole Board agrees with us that, having orchestrated something so depraved, he cannot be released.” Melissa wants the law to be changed so a killer like Stephenson, now 72, can never be freed and should spend the rest of his life in jail. She said: “Our Criminal Justice System needs a shake-up.
Wendy, Tom and Jason Cleaver are pictured with Melissa“Currently, offenders are given greater consideration than victims. It shouldn’t be necessary for victims to keep re-visiting the horror of an offender’s crime by repeatedly arguing against parole. Society as a whole should feel secure in the knowledge that, once convicted, they will never be released. That is the only way to guarantee that monsters like Stephenson never have the opportunity to hurt anyone else.
“Whilst a ‘life’ sentence doesn’t automatically mean imprisonment until death, the law does provide for indefinite imprisonment for dangerous offenders like Stephenson. Unfortunately, in only two years’ time - and, every two years thereafter - Stephenson will be eligible to apply again for release.”
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Daily Mirror Front Page - Fordingbridge murdersMelissa, 55, said it was important to recall the sheer horrors of that night back on 1st September 1986. She said: “My mother endured a sadistic, brutal gang rape and indescribable torture before finally being strangled to death. My father, grand-parents and Maggie were bound, gagged, doused in petrol and set alight, still alive and conscious.
“They lived for several minutes. My father - his charred flesh peeling from his body - had dragged himself into an adjacent bathroom in a vain attempt to escape. Our beautiful dog was clubbed with a pick axe so violently that she had to be put down. Despite being the ringleader in one of the most heinous crimes in history, Stephenson smirked remorselessly in the dock and his time in prison won’t have resulted in a ‘changed man’.
“A psychopath doesn’t respond to punishment but seeks to blame others for the repercussions of their actions. If he is ever released we feel it inevitable that something or someone will eventually trigger the violence we’ve seen him capable of. Threat of returning to prison does NOT deter a psychopath.
Stephenson and his two friends went to Burgate House, Fordingbridge in the New Forest where he had recently been employed with his wife before being sacked. His ex employers Joseph Cleaver, 82, wife Hilda, 82, their son Tom, 47, and live-in nurse Maggie Murphy, 70, were all killed. Tom’s wife Wendy, 46, was raped and strangled.
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