Notorious Yorkshire killer who murdered woman, 22, he'd never met at petrol station is back on streets
04.03.2023 - 12:51
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The murderer who brutally killed a young police worker in a shocking hammer attack has been back on the streets, it has been revealed.
Thug Craig Belcher has been spending time in the community, walking the streets on day release. But at a hearing last month, parole officers refused the notorious killer a full release due to concerns with his behaviour, instead ordering him to remain at an open prison.
Humberside Police civilian worker Kirsty Carver was murdered in a horrific hammer attack at a petrol station in Willerby, East Yorkshire. Belcher was jailed for 18 years in 1999 - 25 years ago this weekend, reports HullLive.
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Belcher has made repeated attempts to get a step closer to freedom, including a similar failed bid to be freed two years ago. But it can be revealed that he has spent time in open conditions, including temporary release. The Parole Board has now stopped short of releasing Belcher and felt it was not safe enough to let him be managed back in the community.
Belcher, who had been serving a life sentence at Frankland Prison in Durham before his move to open prison, has never given any explanation for Kirsty's horrific murder which may be one reason he has remained in prison for six years since being eligible for parole.
22-year-old Kirsty, who worked at Queens Gardens police station in the city centre, disappeared on March 5, 1998, after leaving a friend's house in Wold Road at 1.40am. Her Toyota Celica was discovered, unlocked, with the keys in the ignition on a quiet farm track near Willerby.
Her parents Vanessa and Arthur made a number of emotional appeals for information and Vanessa wrote a