Man who murdered wife to be freed after first public parole hearing

Parole Board says Russell Causley, who killed Carole Packman in 1985 and has never revealed location of her body, poses low risk

A man convicted of killing his wife, who faced the first public parole hearing in England and Wales, should be released from prison, a panel has decided.

Russell Causley was freed from prison in 2020 after serving more than 23 years for the murder in 1985 of Carole Packman but was returned to jail in November 2021 after breaching his licence conditions.

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