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image captionJack Whomes was jailed for life in 1998 for the Essex Boys murders
A triple killer convicted of the notorious Essex Boys farmland murders is to be released from jail.
Jack Whomes, 59, was given a life sentence in 1998 for the execution of three men whose Range Rover had been ambushed in Rettendon in December 1995.
He maintains his innocence and in 2018 saw his minimum term cut from 25 to just over 22 years for exemplary behaviour behind bars.
A Parole Board spokesman confirmed a panel had directed Whomes release.
In one of Britain s most notorious gangland killings, drug smuggler Whomes was convicted of shooting three men in a row over drugs.
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