Family appeals to Dominic Raab over killer pilot's release

The parent of a pistillate killed by her aviator hubby much than a decennary agone has called connected the justness caput to intervene implicit his imaginable release.

British Airways skipper Robert Brown admitted the manslaughter of his woman Joanna, 46, successful 2010 and was jailed for 26 years.

Her parent Diana Parkes, 83, asked Dominic Raab to conscionable her to sermon her family's concerns.

Mr Raab said helium would look astatine the parole lawsuit "very rigorously".

The erstwhile aviator bludgeoned his woman to decease with a claw hammer successful their household location successful Berkshire October 2010 arsenic their 2 young children cowered successful a playroom.

He buried his wife's assemblage successful a pre-dug sedate successful Windsor Great Park.

Brown, who believed helium was "stitched up" by a prenuptial agreement, was acquitted of execution by a assemblage astatine Reading Crown Court successful May 2011.

He had antecedently admitted manslaughter connected the crushed of diminished responsibility.

Brown, formerly of North Street, Winkfield was sentenced to 24 years for manslaughter and a further 2 years for an offence of obstructing a coroner successful the execution of his duty.

She said she wanted to conscionable Mr Raab "so I tin explicate successful idiosyncratic wherefore this lawsuit has gone truthful wrong".

Speaking connected Sunday to Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Raab said "of course" helium would conscionable the family.

"Within the powers I've got, I'll look astatine this arsenic I would immoderate different - precise rigorously," helium said.

He said helium could not remark connected whether helium would artifact Brown's release, but said parole decisions were scrutinised "exceptionally carefully".

"And I've besides been clear, I don't deliberation the parole work powers are capable astatine the moment, which is wherefore we'll beryllium bringing guardant authorities to betterment that - I anticipation that's thing which volition person wide support," helium added.