Dominic Raab vows to order a risk assessment before the release of the killer who beat his estranged wife

An airline pilot who killed his estranged wife will undergo a full risk assessment before his release and could remain behind bars, activists said yesterday.

Robert Brown, 59, bludgeoned his ex-wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer within earshot of their two young children, striking her at least 14 times.

He is scheduled to be automatically released this year after serving 13 years of a 26-year sentence, but Joanna’s mother, Diana Parkes, said Justice Secretary Dominic Raab assured her he would order a full risk assessment of the Liberation.

Under legislation passed last year, Raab can refer cases to the Parole Board if he believes inmates due for release could pose a risk to the public or national security.

Prison officials stopped former British Airways pilot Brown from moving into an open prison last year, allegedly because they considered it too high risk.

Parkes, 84, met Raab and Victims and Sentencing Minister Edward Argar yesterday and pleaded with them to keep Brown behind bars. She said Mr Raab, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, promised a full risk assessment of Brown’s release, saying it was an “important breakthrough” in the #NotAnotherJo campaign.

Ms Parks said Mr Raab, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, promised a full risk assessment of Brown’s release, saying it was an “important breakthrough” in the #NotAnotherJo campaign.

Speaking after the Westminster meeting, Raab said he would review the case personally.

Speaking after the Westminster meeting, Raab said he would review the case personally.

He added: “Joanna Simpson was brutally murdered in a heinous and despicable act that has changed the lives of her family and friends forever.

“I was honored to meet with Joanna’s mother and best friend to express my deepest condolences for what her family has been through and to assure her that I am giving this case my closest personal attention and will review it very carefully.

‘Public protection is my top priority. I want dangerous criminals to stay behind bars longer.

Ms Parkes’s campaign has won high-profile support, including from Carrie Johnson, the wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and former Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Brown attacked Joanna, 46, at her former marital home in Ascot in 2010, using a hammer she had hidden in her children’s homework bag, and buried her in a grave she had previously dug in a woodland in Windsor Great. Park.

Joanna had filed for divorce after enduring years of abuse, harassment and intimidation, and the couple were locked in a legal battle over their finances. At his trial, Brown was acquitted of murder but admitted to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and said he suffered from stress-related “adjustment disorder.”

Ms. Parkes questioned why she was eligible for automatic release without any medical review, given her statement of diminished responsibility due to the disorder. She said that she feared that she could still pose a threat to her family, including her children, who were only nine and ten years old when she killed her mother.

She warned that his release would require a high level of monitoring, at a time when the Probation Service has warned that it is struggling to cope with existing workloads.

She and Joanna’s best friend, Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, launched the Joanna Simpson Foundation in her memory and both met Mr. Raab.

Brown attacked Joanna, 46, at her former marital home in Ascot in 2010, using a hammer she had hidden in her children’s homework bag.

In a statement issued through the foundation, they said: ‘We are grateful for the time the Secretary of State and his team spent with us.

‘We appreciate your assurance that you will request a full risk assessment of Robert Brown’s release under the new powers at your disposal.

“We are very encouraged by this important development.”

Ms Parkes said she was “tremendously grateful” for the public and political support she had received since launching the #NotAnotherJo campaign earlier this month, when she spoke to the Daily Mail about her family’s fears over Brown’s release. .

Joanna had filed for divorce after enduring years of abuse, harassment and intimidation, and the couple were locked in a legal battle over their finances.

Joanna Simpson’s family is urging people to write to their MP asking for Brown to remain in jail.

Details can be found at www.jsfoundation.org.uk