"Victoria had been sent to Europe by her parents who hoped she would gain a better education than in her native Ivory Coast. But she was starved, beaten with coat hangers and bicycle chains, bound naked and kept prisoner in a freezing bathroom in a flat in Haringey, north London. When she died in February 2000 she weighed 3st 10lb (23.5kg) and had 128 separate injuries on her body."
"Manning, now in his 50s, was eligible for parole having been given a minimum 21-year sentence, but following a hearing on 11 September the board made the decision not to release him from jail or to move him to open prison. In a decision summary, the board said having looked at the evidence it "was not satisfied that release at this point would be safe for the protection of the public"."
"The latest hearing was his third review for release after the Parole Board refused requests in 2021 and 2023. The panel heard that Manning "consistently declined" to co-operate with professional assessments in prison, and officials believed there was not enough known about the murderer and what "caused him to behave and think as he did". The summary added he had completed accredited programmes in prison to address his decision making and use of violence."
The Parole Board decided not to release Carl Manning or move him to open prison after a hearing on 11 September, citing that release would not be safe for public protection. Manning was convicted in the 2000 torture and murder of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie and received a minimum 21-year term plus concurrent child cruelty sentence. Victoria was starved, beaten, bound naked and kept in a freezing bathroom, dying with 128 injuries. The hearing was Manning’s third parole review after refusals in 2021 and 2023. Officials reported Manning declined professional assessments, though he completed accredited programmes addressing decision making and violence.
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