Paedophile who ran child abuse cult could be released from jail in days
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One of Britain’s worst paedophiles who headed a vile cult which abused young children for more than 10 years could be released from prison this week.
Colin Batley was given an indeterminate sentence with a minimum of 11 years in 2011 after being found guilty of 35 offences including multiple rapes.
Batley has a Parole Board hearing on Friday (March 7), where a panel of experts will assess his case and may decide to release him.
It is his third hearing and experts fear it will see him released.
Passing sentence, the judge made it clear that Batley would be eligible to seek parole only once it was determined he no longer represented a danger to the public.
A major part of that process is to admit his guilt, something he vehemently denied throughout the trial.
The predator brainwashed the children and ran the cult in a cul-de-sac in the small town of Kidwelly in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
The former Tesco security guard had moved down from London.
Three women, including his estranged wife, were also jailed for their roles in the cult.
He had molested and raped children and young people for more than three decades, and had been warned he faced dying behind bars.
Content retrieved from: https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/04/paedophile-ran-child-abuse-cult-released-jail-days-22660716/.
