Murderer Russell Causley Is 1st Prisoner to Face UK Parole Hearing in Public

Murderer Russell Causley Is 1st Prisoner to Face UK Parole Hearing in Public
Undated family handout photo of Russell Causley with his wife Carole, who he was convicted of murdering in 1985, and daughter Samantha at their home in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Family/PA
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A convicted murderer who has spent 24 years in prison but has never revealed where he disposed of his victim, has faced Britain’s first ever public parole board hearing.

Russell Causley, 79, was given a life sentence for the murder of his wife, Carole Packman, who vanished from their home in Bournemouth, Dorset, in 1985.

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