Carole Packman murder: Decision to free wife-killer will not be contested

The Ministry of Justice volition not contention the determination to merchandise a antheral who killed his woman and was taxable to the UK's archetypal nationalist parole hearing.

Russell Causley, 79, murdered Carole Packman successful Bournemouth successful 1985 and has ever refused to uncover the whereabouts of her body.

The Parole Board ruled it was harmless for Causley to beryllium fto retired of situation aft helium argued for his merchandise past month.

The MoJ confirmed it had decided not to situation the decision.

A spokesperson said: "We person thoroughly examined the Parole Board's determination but elaborate ineligible proposal concluded determination were nary grounds to inquire them to reconsider.

"We cognize this volition beryllium incredibly hard for Carole Packman's family, but Russell Causley volition beryllium nether adjacent supervision for the remainder of his beingness and tin beryllium recalled to situation if helium breaches the strict conditions of his release.

"Our parole reforms volition basal up for the rights of victims successful cases similar this, making nationalist information the overriding origin successful parole decisions and adding a Ministerial veto connected merchandise of the astir superior offenders."

Causley's parole proceeding astatine HMP Lewes made UK ineligible history, with the media and nationalist invited to ticker proceedings for the archetypal time.

A sheet of 3 parole judges were told however the erstwhile aviation technologist had initially been released successful 2020 aft serving 23 years of a beingness condemnation - but was recalled to jailhouse for breaking his licence conditions.

Causley admitted helium had mislaid interaction with his probation officers and failed to enactment astatine his approved accommodation, thing helium enactment down to a "silly mistake".

The Parole Board said it recognised Causley was a "self-confessed liar" but recovered helium was astatine "low hazard of further offending".

Causley was doubly jailed for Mrs Packman's execution - successful 1996 and, aft a quashed conviction, again successful 2004.

He had initially evaded justness for the champion portion of a decennary and was lone exposed erstwhile helium made a botched effort to fake his ain death arsenic portion of an elaborate security fraud.

Causley has repeatedly changed his relationship of what happened to his wife, astir precocious pleading his innocence and claiming his relation was constricted to disposing of her assemblage connected bonfire successful his garden.

At past month's parole proceeding helium blamed the sidesplitting connected his ex-lover Patricia Causley, whose sanction helium took.

Patricia Causley was ne'er tried implicit the sidesplitting and the parole judges said "no credible evidence" was recovered against her aft a constabulary investigation.