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ONE of Britain’s most notorious convicts, Harry Roberts, is to be released from prison after almost half a century behind bars.
Mr Roberts, now 78, was jailed for life for the murder of three policemen in 1966.
He was sitting in his van with two other men near Wormwood Scrubs Prison in west London preparing for an armed robbery when he opened fire on three plain-clothed officers — Detective Sergeant Christopher Head, Detective Constable David Wombwell, and PC Geoffrey Fox — on August 12 1966.
Old Bailey judge Mr Justice Glyn-Jones jailed Mr Roberts for life with a minimum 30-year tariff.
However he said he thought it unlikely Roberts would ever be released.
Steve White, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: “This decision by the parole board is a slap in the face for the families of the three police officers he brutally murdered who, once again, are forced to relive their pain and loss. It will spark fury among everyone in the police family who will feel badly let down.”
Mr Roberts is expected to leave Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire within days.
