{"id":534671,"date":"2026-04-16T19:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534671\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:50:12","slug":"murderer-glyn-razzell-who-killed-his-wife-linda-gets-parole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/534671\/","title":{"rendered":"Murderer Glyn Razzell who killed his wife Linda gets parole"},"content":{"rendered":"

In its decision, the Parole Board noted the “continuing cruelty” of Razzell’s refusal to say where Linda’s remains are, but concluded he was no longer a risk to the public.<\/p>\n

The full reasoning behind the decision was revealed in documents seen by the BBC.<\/p>\n

Greg Worrall, Linda’s fiance at the time of her disappearance, said: “This is just going to be another level of stress to the family and myself.”<\/p>\n

Named after Helen McCourt, who was murdered in 1988 and whose killer never revealed where her body was<\/a>, Helen’s Law compels the Parole Board to consider a prisoner’s refusal to reveal the victim’s remains when assessing their suitability for release.<\/p>\n

The Parole Board, in its decision on Razzell, acknowledged the family’s concerns and Helen’s Law but added: “Denial [to reveal the victim’s body’s whereabouts] cannot be a bar to release.”<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed to the BBC it was looking at ways to contest the parole board decision.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said: “Officials acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice are examining if there are grounds to challenge the Parole Board’s decision through the reconsideration mechanism”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In its decision, the Parole Board noted the “continuing cruelty” of Razzell’s refusal to say where Linda’s remains…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-534671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}