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Alan Houchin, 74, was jailed for life in 1965 for strangling a 16-year-old waitress in Margate, Kent.
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge
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Houchin launched his compensation claim against Mr Gilbert's employers, Lincolnshire Probation Trust (LPT).
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge
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Michael Gilbert, then acting lifer manager at North Sea Camp, reported that Houchin remained "in denial" and his continued presence at the open prison was "untenable".
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge
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Houchin was transferred to Lindholme open prison in May 2012 after winning a separate legal action over the Justice Secretary's refusal to accept the Parole Board's recommendation that he be returned to open conditions.
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge
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Houchin, one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners, was transferred to open conditions at HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire in April 2006 after the risk he posed to the public was assessed as "medium".
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge
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Houchin based his claim on Parole Board criticism of Mr Gilbert in 2009, when a panel concluded the decision to return him to closed conditions was "flawed, unreasonable, ill motivated and invalid in a public law sense".
BBC: Killer Alan Houchin's compensation claim blocked by judge