The mother of murdered schoolgirl Danielle Jones plans to face her child’s killer at his parole hearing.
Linda Jones, 62, will read her victim impact statement to Stuart Campbell when he makes a bid for freedom in the coming months.
She has called for Campbell, 64, to remain behind bars until he reveals where he hid the body of his 15-year-old niece he abducted on June 18, 2001 in Tilbury, Essex. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years in 2002.
Linda said: “It’s important I tell him face-to-face how this has impacted on me and I will be reading my statement out myself.
"He’s going to see what he has done to me. It’s not something I’m looking forward to. Whether I look at him, I couldn’t tell you, but he needs to be in that room listening to what he has done to the family.”
It is one of the first “no body” cases to go before the Parole Board since the passing of the Mirror-backed Helen’s Law, making it a legal requirement for panels to consider “non-disclosure”.
Danielle’s dad Tony and Linda have repeatedly appealed to Campbell to “allow us to lay our daughter to rest”.
Linda said: “It’s like when someone dies and you have a few weeks between them passing away and the funeral. It’s a limbo, it’s just unbearable really.”
