Rapist who killed mum-of-three dies in prison weeks after bid to be freed | UK News [Video]

A violent rapist who was sentenced to life for drowning a mum-of-three to death 28 years ago has died in prison.

Victor Farrant had asked to be freed on compassionate grounds in March, after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

He had initially been jailed in 1998 for the murder of Glenda Hoskins, 44, and attempted murder of 45-year-old Anne Fidler, with the judge saying his crimes were ‘so terrible’ that he should never be released.

Ms Hoskins’ family were said to be ‘petrified’ that her killer could walk free from prison regardless.

Today, her children released a statement to say his death brought an end to an ‘agonising two months’.

The Prison Service said Farrant had died on Friday at HMP Wakefield, aged 74.

A coroner will now look into the cause of his death.

The statement from Iain, Katie and David, the children of Ms Hoskins, said: ‘Farrant’s whole life sentence and the judges remarks that he should die in prison should have been respected.

‘However, Farrant’s …