The man who murdered mother-of-three Glenda Hoskins has died in jail weeks after it emerged he was being considered for release on compassionate grounds.

Victor Farrant, a rapist who was serving a whole-life sentence after murdering his former girlfriend, has died in prison. The Prison Service said Farrant, 74, died at HMP Wakefield on Friday. The children of victim Glenda Hoskins said his death had ended an "agonising two months" since they heard he was being considered for early release.

Victor Farrant was Britain’s most notorious fugitive, going on the run for murdering mum-of-three Glenda Hoskins and leaving a sex worker with brain damage after a bottle and iron attack.

Farrant was captured in France after five months on the run The bid for a murderer to be released from prison early had been rejected just days before he died. Victor Farrant was convicted of the murder of Glenda Hoskins,