SHOE fetish killer Christopher Farrow is not going to be moved to an open jail after an intervention by the Justice Secretary.
Farrow, 64, obtained life with a minimal of 18 years in 2000 for the 1994 homicide of Wendy Speakes, 51.
AlamyJustice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has blocked shoe fetish killer Christopher Farrow’s transfer to an open jail after the Parole Board really useful the change[/caption]
PAFarrow raped and murdered Wendy Speakes, 51, and took her sneakers as a trophy from the scene in Wakefield, West Yorks[/caption]
He additionally raped the mum and took her sneakers as a trophy from the scene in Wakefield, West Yorks.
Final month, the Parole Board really useful a transfer to an open jail.
However that has now been blocked by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Wendy’s daughter Tracey Millington-Jones yesterday stated: “I cried tears of reduction once I obtained the decision.
“I feared he could be despatched to an open jail and knew no lady was secure as soon as that occurred.”
Tracey paid explicit because of the late Detective Chief Supt Bob Taylor, who headed Wendy’s homicide inquiry and promised Tracey and her sister, Leah, that he would discover the killer.
He handed away in December final yr, however his son Joseph, 25, of Leeds, West Yorks, stated: “My dad was satisfied Farrow had dedicated extra severe crimes and branded him an evil and harmful man.
“Dad could be very pleased with this outcome.”
The Ministry of Justice stated Farrow’s switch was blocked as “public safety is our precedence”.
