Michael Steele was convicted along with Jack Whomes of the cold-blooded murders of three men in Essex, but the pair have ...

Former Met detective David McKelvey said Michael Steele and Jack Whomes, who were jailed for life after being convicted of ...

Three years earlier in 1995, the men were found shot dead in a Range Rover at Rettendon, near Chelmsford, but Steel, alongside co-defendant Jack Whomes, never admitted to killing the men.

The Parole Board said there had been a "marked improvement" in Michael Steele's behaviour and keeping him locked up was no longer necessary to protect the public.

Steele and Jack Whomes, 63, were convicted in 1998 of shooting dead drug dealers Pat Tate, 37, Tony Tucker, 38, and Craig Rolfe, 26, in a row over a drugs deal in December 1995. But Steele's ...