Deviant serial killer John Shaw, Ireland's longest serving prisoner, to get temporary release

The Court of Appeal has been informed that the Minister for Justice has accepted a recommendation to grant temporary release to John Shaw, aged 73, an English national who is the State's longest serving prisoner. Shaw has spent nearly 44 years in custody following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in February 1978 for serious offences committed in Wicklow and Mayo, including abduction, rape, torture and…