Prisoner vote appeal rejected
Convicted murderers Peter Chester and George McGeoch have lost a Supreme Court battle over the right to vote while in jail.
Mother of victim blasts prisoner voting campaign
The sister of Peter Chester, one of the prisoners campaigning for the right to vote, said she "absolutely hates him" and "hopes he rots" in prison for murdering her daughter.
Chester raped and strangled his seven-year-old niece, Donna-Marie Gillbanks in 1977.
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