Sadistic killer who stabbed woman 60 times in 1997 released by UK parole board

Undated handout photo of farm labourer Steven Ling. Picture: PA Photos/PA Wire

A farm labourer who raped a woman and stabbed her 60 times in a sadistic murder 27 years ago should be freed, the UK parole board has said.

Steven Ling was jailed for life in December 1998 after admitting his horrific attack on Joanne Tulip, 29, in Stamfordham, Northumberland.