Murderer jailed for killing two sisters is released - then strikes again

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A man jailed for killing two elderly sisters is back behind bars after beating a 73-year-old woman to death. Lawrence Bierton, 61, was convicted of double murder in 1995 and was released on licence in 2020 when he housed next door to Pauline Quinn, t he Mirror reports.

Yesterday Bierton warned he faces a whole-life term when he is sentenced for the murder Mrs Quinn. Prosecutor John Cammegh told the brief plea hearing that Pauline had suffered a “number of blows” with a “degree of force”.

Paramedics found the pensioner dying in her bungalow last November after concerns were raised when she could not be reached. Read more: "It’s absolute carnage": Manchester Airport baggage handlers 'under more stress than ever' as they battle queues and delays - and they say it's only going to get worse Bierton was arrested 30 miles away the next morning.

He had been driving Pauline’s car.Mum-of-three Pauline Quinn was killed Judge Gregory Dickinson demanded to know why the Probation Service had allowed Bierton to be housed next-door to a woman who was a similar age to his previous victims.