A court in Britain has upheld a government decision that one of the country's most notorious killers should spend the rest of her life in prison.

The judges dismissed an appeal by Myra Hindley against a decision by successive Home Secretaries to refuse to grant her a parole after spending thirty-two years behind bars.

She was convicted in 1966 for torturing and killing two children, and was linked to the killing of three more.

The ruling overturns an earlier judgement that the government's policy was unlawful.

Myra Hindley can now make a further appeal to the House of Lord's, Britain's highest court.