A woman who claims she was wrongly convicted of murdering her aunt 13 years ago will be released on parole next week, her earliest tariff date. She is thought to be the first person to be freed on schedule while still protesting their innocence.

A woman who was convicted of killing her elderly aunt could become the first lifer professing her innocence to be released on her tariff date, if a recommendation from the Parole Board is approved by the home secretary this month.

When Susan May was arrested for the murder of her aunt, Hilda Marchbank, shock waves went through the small town of Royton. Nine years on, the case still divides the local community. Rachel Cooke asks if dramatic new evidence could finally prove May's innocence.

Doubts mount in case of woman sentenced to life for aunt's death