He was once branded 'Britain's most wanted man'... and now Greater Manchester's worst rapist is back on the street despite THIRTEEN life sentences
A notorious rapist, once branded Britain's most wanted man, has spent time out of prison as he prepares for his release next month, the MEN can reveal.
He would spend days carrying out reconnaissance on his victims' homes to work out domestic routines, so he knew at what time husbands and partners would leave for work so he could attack women alone. He preyed upon teenagers and young mothers. A Parole Board Decision Summary says: "In 2020, a panel of the Parole Board considered his case and recommended transfer to open conditions. This recommendation was accepted by the Secretary of State and Mr Barlow was transferred to open conditions in January 2021.
The decision summary says that at the time of his offending, Barlow had been "thinking about sex a lot, thinking he had the right to have sex as and when he wanted and thinking it was acceptable to use sexual violence. He had a chaotic way of life, misused substances and struggled to control extreme emotions."
He will be subject to an enhanced form of supervision or monitoring including drug testing, signing-in times, GPS trail monitoring, polygraph testing and a specified curfew. Barlow was finally caught after a ‘cold-case review’ by South Yorkshire Police. Sentencing him in 2010, The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Alan Goldsack QC, said the attack was a ‘dreadful offence’. He said: “You raped a young woman in her own home and in the presence of her little child,” he said, adding: “You are a dangerous man.”
Advances in DNA technology meant they were finally able to identify him as the attacker and he was arrested at HMP Wymott in June 2017. He later pleaded guilty to the offence. She adds: "I have been blessed, I have survived and had a productive and happy life thanks to the resolute support and love of my husband, family, and friends. However, especially recently, I have had an underlying dread that he will be released, and I know that this was getting very close. So now, thanks to your team, I am able to forget about this... and move on yet again."
"His modus operandi was to sit outside people's homes in his car, for days sometimes, working out how to get into backstreet homes and looking for people's daily routines, when husbands and other family left the house, so he could attack women who were alone. I am staggered that he is being released."
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