Julie Hogg Murder: Ann Ming MBE Fights Killer's Parole After Double Jeopardy Law Change Ann Ming MBE and grandson Kevin Hogg discuss Julie Hogg's 1989 murder, the double jeopardy law change that jailed William Dunlop, and his ongoing parole reviews. On a special episode of the Daily Mail's The Trial podcast, host Liz Hull speaks to Ann Ming MBE and her grandson Kevin Hogg about the murder of Julie Hogg, the 800 year old law Ann overturned to jail her killer, and the parole battle the pair still face. Julie, Ann's daughter and Kevin's mother, vanished on the night of Wednesday 15 November 1989 after finishing her shift at a pizza shop in Billingham, Teesside. Nearly three months later, Ann found the 22 year old's decomposing body hidden behind the bath panel in her own home. Police had searched the house for five days after she was reported missing. Ann, now 80, described the discovery as the start of a living nightmare.The Murder and Initial InvestigationDays after Julie disappeared, police arrested William 'Billy' Dunlop, a local man with a reputation for violence. Julie's keys were found nailed beneath the floorboards of the house where he was lodging, and hairs from his head were on the blanket partly covering her body.Because Julie's remains were so badly decomposed, the post mortem could not establish exactly how she died. Dunlop's first trial in 1991 ended with a hung jury, and his retrial also ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors offered no further evidence, and he was formally acquitted.Within weeks, Dunlop was boasting in local pubs that he had committed the perfect murder. In 1998, he was jailed for seven years for a savage attack on a former girlfriend and her new partner. From his cell, Dunlop wrote to her warning that when he was released, he would do to her what he had done to Julie. He later confessed the murder to a prison officer, bragging that he was safe because of an 800 year old law known as double jeopardy, which barred anyone acquitted of a crime from being tried for it again.Ann Ming's Fight Against Double JeopardyAnn fought for 15 years to have the law overturned, and in 2006 Dunlop was finally convicted. Her story was turned into the BAFTA nominated drama I Fought the Law, in which she is played by Sheridan Smith.Ann said she could not describe what it felt like to see Dunlop convicted for killing Julie. She said she will take it to her grave. She added that she thought she just had the biggest mouth among all the other people who had had acquittals.She had days where she really felt like giving up, but she is glad she did not. She said she just wishes Dunlop had been given a full life sentence so he cannot get out and kill anybody else.Ongoing Parole Battle and Family ImpactAlthough Dunlop was jailed for life, his minimum term of 17 years expired in 2021, and he has faced regular parole reviews ever since. Twice the Parole Board has recommended moving him to an open prison, and twice the Justice Secretary has blocked it.It has sparked yet another fight for Ann and Kevin, who must appear at hearings roughly every two years, reliving the horrors of the case to keep Dunlop, now 63, behind bars. Ann said she dreads the parole hearings and that this is the fourth one they are on.Ann said public protection must always be at the top of any list. She pointed to what Dunlop has done since he was wrongfully acquitted: he attempted to murder a man and woman, and threatened to kill another woman. She questioned why somebody like that would be let out who has committed more than one violent offence, and why put him back in the community.At a previous hearing, Ann said, Dunlop admitted that without her campaign he would never have received such a long sentence, adding that there would be a lot more people dead in Billingham.Kevin revealed he has just done his statement. He chose to have it disclosed because Dunlop has to be given a chance to defend what he has actually put into the statement. This time around, Kevin said that when he reads it, it will be heard by the audience in the room, whether that be academics, the media, or others.The rationale behind that, Kevin explained, is because the Parole Board asked him to remove certain sections of his statement. One section concerned Dunlop wanting to reconnect with his son. Kevin said he told them he will never be able to reconnect with his mother. Legal have challenged it and said it is an opinion. Kevin said it is not an opinion, his mum is dead, he cannot reconnect, it is factual. These are the stumbling blocks. He noted it is Dunlop's human right to have a review every 12 to 24 months.