Manson follower loses freedom bid

SUSAN ATKINS, the terminally ill Charles Manson follower who admitted stabbing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, has lost what was likely to be her last bid for freedom.

Atkins, who suffers from brain cancer, slept through most of the four-hour hearing during which her husband-lawyer pleaded for her release and families of victims of the Sharon Tate-Labianca killings urged that she be kept behind bars until she dies.

In a dramatic moment – one of the few in which Atkins opened her eyes – Atkins’ husband, James Whitehouse, led her through a recitation of the 23rd Psalm, with Atkins concluding in a strong voice: “My God is an amazing God.”