The UK’s longest serving female prisoner is going to walk free from prison after spending almost 39 years behind bars and below we take a look at other infamous lags who have spent decades locked up

'Forgotten inmate' Maria Pearson (pictured), now 70, has spent almost four decades behind bars for stabbing her ex-boyfriend's new partner to death in 1986 in Hartlepool.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleMaria Pearson is set to be released from…