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European judges have ruled that life can never mean life, as removing the chance of release for even the most dangerous offenders is a breach of human rights.

Murderers Jeremy Bamber, Douglas Vinter and Peter Moore have been told by the European Court of Human Rights that their whole life sentences amount to “inhuman and degrading treatment”.

Whole-lifers should be entitled to a review of their sentence 25 years into their term at the very latest, the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg-based court said.