High Court Blocks 66-Year-Old Glyn Razzell's Parole in 2002 Wife Murder Case
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
High Court Blocks 66-Year-Old Glyn Razzell's Parole in 2002 Wife Murder Case
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 14
Summary
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb overturned the Parole Board's April decision to free Glyn Razzell, ruling his risk had not fallen enough for offender management to keep the public safe.
The Ministry of Justice had referred the case to the High Court, arguing release would undermine confidence in parole and that the board had failed to assess Razzell's risk properly.
Razzell, jailed for life in 2003 for murdering his wife Linda after she vanished in Swindon in 2002, has never revealed where her body is despite repeated parole bids.
His 2021 refusal made him the first prisoner denied parole under Helen's Law, which requires boards to weigh a killer's refusal to disclose a victim's remains.
The ruling is the first use of the justice secretary's power to ask the High Court to overturn a Parole Board release decision.