Youngest Manson follower makes another bid for parole

Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she killed for Charles Manson in the summer of 1969, was due to appear before a panel for the 21st time today.

The youngest of Charles Manson's followers is once more attempting to persuade a parole board that she has reformed and - at the age of 68 - deserves to be released from prison.

Leslie Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson during a series of murders that terrorised Los Angeles over the summer of 1969, was due to appear before a panel for the 21st time today.