A man who murdered his wife in 1985 could be one of the first prisoners to have a public parole board hearing. An application has been made for the next hearing to consider the release of Russell Causley, now aged in his late 70s, to take place in public.
Causley was handed a life sentence for killing Carole Packman, who disappeared in 1985, a year after he moved his lover into their home in Bournemouth, Dorset. He was freed from prison in 2020, after serving more than 23 years for the murder, but was returned to jail in November last year after breaching his licence conditions.
Causley, who never revealed where he hid Ms Packman's body, is next due to face the Parole Board in October. His grandson, Neil Gillingham, has applied for the hearing to take place in public.
