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| David McGreavy: Mum fears seeing triple child killer | David McGreavy: Mum fears seeing triple child killer |
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| A woman says she fears seeing the man who murdered her three children, after he was cleared for release from prison. | A woman says she fears seeing the man who murdered her three children, after he was cleared for release from prison. |
| David McGreavy killed Elsie Urry's children, Paul Ralph, four, Dawn, two, and nine-month-old Samantha at their Worcester home in 1973. | David McGreavy killed Elsie Urry's children, Paul Ralph, four, Dawn, two, and nine-month-old Samantha at their Worcester home in 1973. |
| He would be subject to exclusion zones, including where Ms Urry lives, but she said she could bump into him elsewhere. | He would be subject to exclusion zones, including where Ms Urry lives, but she said she could bump into him elsewhere. |
| The Parole Board said a victim was entitled to request for conditions to be added to a release licence. | The Parole Board said a victim was entitled to request for conditions to be added to a release licence. |
| McGreavy, who was dubbed the "Monster of Worcester", was 21 at the time of the murders and was the family's lodger. He impaled the children's bodies on railings. | McGreavy, who was dubbed the "Monster of Worcester", was 21 at the time of the murders and was the family's lodger. He impaled the children's bodies on railings. |
| There would be zones related to Worcester, Malvern, Droitwich and where Ms Urry lives in Hampshire. | There would be zones related to Worcester, Malvern, Droitwich and where Ms Urry lives in Hampshire. |
| Asked where she would want included, she told BBC Hereford and Worcester: "I go to Basingstoke... with my brother, where they live, and things like that and it doesn't... cover that does it?" | Asked where she would want included, she told BBC Hereford and Worcester: "I go to Basingstoke... with my brother, where they live, and things like that and it doesn't... cover that does it?" |
| She said she could not understand why the authorities were even considering releasing McGreavy. | She said she could not understand why the authorities were even considering releasing McGreavy. |
| "There's people in prison who have done murders, not half as bad as what he's done, and yet they haven't been put up for parole, so why should he get it?" | |
| In 2016 Mrs Urry told the BBC she had written to the Parole Board several times to oppose plans to release McGreavy over the course of a number of years. | In 2016 Mrs Urry told the BBC she had written to the Parole Board several times to oppose plans to release McGreavy over the course of a number of years. |
| Ms Urry now said she had a fear she could bump into him in the street, if she visited friends and family. | Ms Urry now said she had a fear she could bump into him in the street, if she visited friends and family. |
| "In the back of my head I just feel that if I did bump into him - and because I'd kept him in for these extra years - would that create a problem?" | "In the back of my head I just feel that if I did bump into him - and because I'd kept him in for these extra years - would that create a problem?" |
| Asked if she had had conversations about where she hoped he would not be able to go, Ms Urry said: "Nobody asked me. Nobody gave me that choice." | Asked if she had had conversations about where she hoped he would not be able to go, Ms Urry said: "Nobody asked me. Nobody gave me that choice." |
| A Parole Board statement regarding exclusion zones said: "The Parole Board panel considering the case will decide if the request (for a zone) is necessary and proportionate for the prisoner to be safely managed in the community. | A Parole Board statement regarding exclusion zones said: "The Parole Board panel considering the case will decide if the request (for a zone) is necessary and proportionate for the prisoner to be safely managed in the community. |
| "If the panel does not approve the request, or give an adapted version of it, they will explain that in the parole decision. | "If the panel does not approve the request, or give an adapted version of it, they will explain that in the parole decision. |
| "This will be passed on to the victim by their victim liaison officer, in accordance with the Victims' Code of Practice." | "This will be passed on to the victim by their victim liaison officer, in accordance with the Victims' Code of Practice." |
| A Parole Board report has said McGreavy had "changed considerably" over 45 years in jail. | A Parole Board report has said McGreavy had "changed considerably" over 45 years in jail. |
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