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A triple murderer has become the first Briton to challenge his whole-life tariff following a ruling last month by European judges that the sentence breaches human rights.
Arthur Hutchinson, 73, who murdered the parents and brother of a bride hours after her wedding, launched the appeal at the European Court of Human Rights.
The Strasbourg court ruled last month that it was "inhuman and degrading" to never have any possibility of parole.
Ministers have criticised the ruling.
The initial case was brought by Jeremy Bamber, who shot dead five members of his family in 1985, and two other killers.
The three are among a group of 49 people in England and Wales serving whole-life tariffs, meaning they cannot be released other than at the discretion of the justice secretary on compassionate grounds.
The judges ruled by 16 to one that such sentences had to be reviewed at some point.
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said he profoundly disagreed with the ruling and has called for reforms to human rights laws.
'Full hearing'
Hartlepool-born Hutchinson stabbed to death Basil Laitner, his wife Avril and son Richard at their home in Dore, Sheffield, in 1984.
The judge at his original trial at Sheffield Crown Court in 1984 ruled that he should serve 18 years but the-then home secretary Leon Brittan later ruled he should face the whole-life tariff.
Five years ago, Hutchinson had a domestic appeal against whole life tariffs kicked out by the Court of Appeal.
The Daily Telegraph reported the government had been asked to provide a full response to Hutchinson's latest claim and a full hearing could take place next year.
The newspaper said that if the claim was backed, Hutchinson could be released from prison.
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