A jailed double killer who said he would have given himself “100 years” in jail is meeting parole chiefs for a release bid.
Paul Bostock got life in 1986 for the murders of nurse Amanda Weedon, 21, and dog groomer Caroline Osborne, 33.
Now we can reveal he has been moved to an open jail and has a meeting with parole bosses in June which could pave the way for a full release.
They are also considering letting him out on an electronic tag to work.
Amanda’s father Horace Weedon, 91, expressed his horror and said: “He should die in jail. He’s not fit for release, ever, with a tag or without.”
His remarks reflect Bostock’s damning verdict on himself. Now 52, he once wrote from jail: “I am an animal who deserves to be locked away. If I suffer for a hundred years, I will still deserve more.”
Mr Weedon added: “Who is going to guarantee that he won’t do it again? He’s not safe to be released and I don’t believe any psychiatrist who says he is. It beggars belief and is utterly wrong.
“Being released unsupervised to work with a tag suggests he could soon be freed for good. I’m revulsed by that.”
Bostock, then a meat factory worker, carried out his first murder on July 29, 1983, in his native Leicestershire.
He stabbed dog walker Caroline ten times in the neck, arm and chest.
Nearly two years later, on April 27, 1985, Amanda’s body was found on a footpath flanking the cemetery where Caroline was buried.
She had been stabbed 37 times in the neck, chest and thigh.
Bostock was apprehended after his own grandmother revealed he was a sexual sadist obsessed by the occult.
He admitted both murders at Leicester Crown Court.
Amanda’s brother Martin, 59, said: “He carried out two horrific murders. He was fascinated by death. You can never fix the brain of a guy like this.”
The Prison Service said: “Offenders are released on temporary licence only once they pass a thorough risk assessment.
“They are then subject to strict conditions which 99 per cent of offenders abide by, and those who do not face return to a closed prison.”
