A TRIPLE murderer and rapist will remain in prison for life following a ruling by a top judge.
Evil Arthur Hutchinson, who murdered three members of a family and raped another at their home, must remain in jail for the rest of his life, a High Court judge ruled today.
Easington-born Hutchinson, who lived in Hartlepool – nicknamed the Fox – was jailed for at least 18 years in 1984 for butchering wealthy solicitor Basil Laitner, his wife Avril, and their son Richard during a frenzied knife attack at their Sheffield home.
He also repeatedly raped the family's teenage daughter Nicola at knife-point in an attack which came just hours after they celebrated a family wedding in October 1983.
The Home Secretary at the time ruled that Hutchinson should remain in prison for life, a ruling which was questioned by his defence counsel.
But today Mr Justice Michael Tugendhat ruled there was "no reason at all" to depart from the life tariff set by the Home Secretary.
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