A woman kidnapped by a drug addict hours after he murdered a judge’s daughter has told of her fear that the ‘monster’ could soon be freed.
Debbie Vangerko was 17 when she was held at knifepoint for 11 hours by stranger Nicholas Burton in 1997.
Hours earlier the ‘highly dangerous’ drug user had stabbed to death Rachel McGrath, 27, the daughter of a district judge, in a random attack while she waited in a pub car park in Bramhall, Cheshire, to pick up her boyfriend.
Miss Vangerko, who was snatched off a street nearby, only survived when they stopped for petrol in Caernarfon, North Wales, and she managed to escape.
Burton, now 51, later admitted he had planned to rape and murder Miss Vangerko and find a third victim.
Probation officials have now told her that Burton is being prepared for release.
