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14 December 2022
Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Procedure & practice , Media
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LNB NEWS: MoJ reports on first public parole hearing

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported on the first public parole hearing following reforms which allows victims, journalists and the general public to witness the hearings.

Lexis®Library update: A convicted murderer, Russell Causley, will be the first prisoner to have a public parole hearing on 12 December 2022. According to the MoJ, Causley was released from prison in 2020 after serving 23 years for the murder of his wife in 1985, but was then brought back to jail in November 2021 after breaching licence conditions.

Source: First public parole hearing following government reforms

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 12 December 2022 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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