A paedophile jailed for life for the kidnap and murder of a three-year-old girl will remain behind bars after a Parole Board panel ruled he was not safe to be released. Gary Hopkins, from Bedford, was first jailed 40 years ago for killing Leoni Keating after abducting her from a caravan at a holiday park in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in September 1985. Her body was found in a waterway in west Suffolk. He also kidnapped two other girls, and was given four life sentences. The panel said it was not satisfied the 68-year-old could be safely managed in the community. Leoni was abducted after she had been left on her own in the caravan. Hopkins drove her more than 60 miles to a forested area near Barton Mills, Suffolk, where she was sexually assaulted and killed. Her disappearance led to the biggest manhunt ever conducted by the Norfolk and Suffolk police forces up to that point. In 1986, Hopkins received a minimum jail term of 29 years, and this was his fifth review by the Parole Board since the end of his initial minimum period of imprisonment, which ended in 2015. The trial judge at Ipswich Crown Court described him as a "menace to the public". The panel said it was not satisfied Hopkin
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A paedophile jailed for life for the kidnap and murder of a three-year-old girl will remain behind bars after a Parole Board panel ruled he was not safe to be released. Gary Hopkins, from Bedford, was first jailed 40 years ago for killing…
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A paedophile jailed for life for the kidnap and murder of a three-year-old girl will remain behind bars after a Parole Board panel ruled he was not safe to be released. Gary Hopkins, from Bedford, was first jailed 40…
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A paedophile jailed for life for the kidnap and murder of a three-year-old girl will remain behind bars after a Parole Board panel ruled he was not safe to be released. Gary Hopkins, from Bedford, was first jailed 40 years ago for killing…
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