JUSTICE Secretary Dominic Raab said he was “carefully” considering whether to ask for a review of the Parole Board decision to re-release Bournemouth murderer Russell Causley from prison.

Mr Raab described 79-year-old Causley as a “calculated killer”.

The comments came after the Parole Board confirmed it had decided Causley should be released from custody for the second time in three years.

Causley received a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering his wife Carole Packman.

Ms Packman disappeared in Bournemouth in 1985 and Causley has changed his account of what happened multiple times.

At the UK’s first public parole hearing in December last year, he maintained his innocence over the murder, but said he had burnt his wife’s body in the garden of his Bournemouth home.

Speaking after the Parole Board’s decision summary was released, Mr Raab said: “Russell Causley is a calculated killer who has callously prolonged the suffering of Carole Packman’s loved ones by refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her body.

“Public protection is my top priority, which is why we’re toughening up the parole system and introducing a new ministerial veto to keep the most dangerous offenders off our streets for longer.

“I am carefully looking at whether to ask the Parole Board to reconsider this decision.”