This has prompted the Parole Board to change “long-established” advice to judges on murder and manslaughter cases where the victims’ body is missing. Helen’s Law is set to be tested for the first time later this month when Glyn Razzell, 60, who killed wife Linda in 2002, makes a bid for freedom. Marie, whose daughter’s killer Ian Simms was granted parole last year, hopes parole judges will question Razzell closely on where he has hidden his wife’s body. During a Judicial Review Marie’s lawyer criticised parole judges for a “lamentable failure” during their questioning of Simms. The High Court heard there was “no attempt” to challenge him about the location of Helen’s body.

Source: Daily Mirror May 18, 2021 18:16 UTC