A man who murdered a lawyer and set his body on fire almost 30 years ago has launched a fresh legal bid to be released from prison.
Dean Ryan and his brother Steven bound Marshall Stormonth's wrists and ankles at his Glasgow home in 1993 before setting the property alight with the procurator fiscal still inside.
Ryan, who was 17 at the time of the violent crime, is one of Scotland's longest serving prisoners and was refused parole after a hearing in March.
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The killer, now aged 46, instructed lawyers to lodge a petition for judicial review against the decision of the Parole Board for Scotland not to release him on licence.
The Court of Session in Edinburgh has now ruled the review can proceed and a one-day hearing has been set for November 3.
Ryan was previously refused parole in December 2020 and two legal challenges against that decision were rejected by judges.
He and his brother abducted Mr Stormonth, who was aged 34, using a replica gun and then forced to drive them to his flat in the North Kelvinside.
They strangled the fiscal with a tie and belt and stole a bank card, keys and money before setting the flat on fire.
In January 2014 Steven Ryan was freed on parole but later that year he stabbed stranger Gordon Murphy with scissors in Govanhill.
He was convicted of the killing and given a second life sentence.
Last year Mr Stormonth's cousin Aileen Caskie said: "Dean Ryan and his brother will always be a serious danger to the public."
A spokesman for the Parole Board for Scotland said: "We do not comment on individual cases.
"There is no appeal against the decision of the Board. However, if a prisoner feels their case was not dealt with in the appropriate manner, they can apply for a Judicial Review of their case.
"The final decision on whether to grant a Judicial Review rests with the court following representations from all parties."
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