Convicted killer may be released

Susan May has always maintained she is innocent

A 59-year-old woman who has served 12 years in prison for murdering her elderly aunt could be freed in May.

Susan May was found guilty of killing 89-year-old Hilda Marchbank at her home in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in 1992.

The pensioner was found battered and smothered to death at her ransacked home in Tandle Hill, Royton.

May has now been recommended for parole. The final approval on whether she is released will be made by Home Secretary Charles Clarke this month.

The grandmother has always maintained that she did not kill her aunt and has made two failed appeals against her conviction.