Rapist Victor Farrant who drowned mum dies in prison just weeks after bid for freedom

A convicted killer and rapist who drowned a mum in the bath before hiding her body in a rolled-up carpet has died in prison just weeks after his bid for freedom on compassionate grounds.

Victor Farrant was serving a rare whole-life prison sentence for the murder of his former girlfriend Glenda Hoskins, 44, and the attempted murder of Ann Fidler, 45. He was sentenced in 1998 at Winchester Crown Court, where Mr Justice Butterfield stating that he was so dangerous he should "never be released."

Despite this, in March, officials informed Mrs Hoskins' family that Farrant, aged 74 and suffering from terminal cancer, was being considered for compassionate release. But on Saturday (May 4), it was confirmed to David, Katie, and Iain Hoskins - Glenda's children who were 13, 15, and 21 at the time of her murder - that Farrant had passed away the day before in HMP Wakefield", reports the Mirror.

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Liverpool restaurateur Iain, now 47, told the Daily Mirror: “Farrant's whole life sentence and the judge’s remarks that he should die in prison should have been respected.

“However, Farrant's death, like his imprisonment, changes nothing for us. The circumstances and death of our mother, Glenda Hoskins, will haunt us for the rest of our lives.

“His death, though, does bring to a close a very painful chapter for us all. We, and the public at large should certainly feel safer now that this repeat-offender and psychopath will not strike again.”

The Mirror revealed exclusively last month how the family received devastating news that terminally ill Farrant was being considered for early release, so he could be cared for out of