William Dunlop tells parole panel he is no longer violent

A murderer jailed after his victim’s family got the double jeopardy law changed has told the Parole Board he is ready for prison release and “cringes” at the “selfish” violent man he was.

William Dunlop, now 63, strangled Julie Hogg, 22, before “sexually mutilating” her body and hiding her beneath her bath in Billingham, near Middlesbrough, in 1989.

Juries twice failed to find him guilty but after he made confessions to a prison guard, Julie Hogg’s family campaigned for him to be prosecuted again, leading to him admitting murder and being jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years in 2006.

At a new hearing, Dunlop’s fourth attempt at parole, his victim’s family said he should stay in jail.

Julie Hogg’s body was found by her mother three months after Dunlop murdered her, the hearing at International Dispute and Resolution Centre (IDRC) in central London heard.

He was formally acquitted after a second jury failed to reach a verdict in 1991, but after he confessed to a prison guard in 1999 Julie Hogg’s family successfully campaigned for the law to be changed so he could be prosecuted again.