UK’s longest-serving woman prisoner who knifed love rival so brutally cops feared she was hit by CAR could be freed

BRITAIN’S longest serving female prisoner who brutally killed a love rival could soon be freed – as she makes her tenth parole bid.

Maria Pearson, now 67, stabbed her ex-boyfriend’s new partner Janet Newton to death in 1986, leaving her with injuries so severe police initially thought they were from a hit-and-run.

HandoutMaria Pearson was 31 at the time of the murder in 1986[/caption] HandoutShe stabbed building society worker Janet Newton, who was 23 years old[/caption]

Mother-of-three Pearson...