Women are ‘thrilled’ as killer uncle back in jail
AWOMAN who came face to face with her killer uncle says she is thrilled by a decision to end his temporary release and send him back to prison.
Delighted Karly Whitelock is relieved by the move after being left shocked at seeing Brian Whitelock walking through Swansea city centre after he was jailed for life for murder and given a further 10 years for manslaughter.
Whitelock had served 18 years for both offences when he was unexpectedly given a temporary release on licence from prison.
Karly, a 27-year-old mother from Portmead, was startled when she was driving along High Street last month and spotted him.
Whitelock had been drinking with his brother, Glen, and his drinking partner, Nicholas Morgan, aged 27, when he became embroiled in a row and battered his friend to death with a hammer in October 2000, leading him to be sentenced to life for his murder.
He was also handed a 10-year sentence for the manslaughter of his brother, Glen Whitelock, of Blaenymaes, after he set his Portmead Avenue house ablaze while his brother was sleeping in an effort to disguise the death of Mr Morgan.
Karly, who was just 10 when her father, Glen, was killed, said she was pleased there had been a change of heart. The Probation Service had notified the victims’ families this week.
She said: “I have just heard he’s been sent back inside, it’s nice.”
Originally when she saw her uncle in Swansea she was left stunned.
She previously said: “I was sitting in the car at the traffic-lights and he walked down past High Street – I just froze and went into a world of my own. He’s evil.”
The sister of Nicholas Morgan, Gemma Long, said she was delighted by the decision to keep Whitelock behind bars, which she was made aware of by the Parole Board.
Mother-of-three Mrs Long said: “He’s been recalled to closed prison, I am over the moon. I am thrilled to bits. I do not know if he has done something wrong or not, they would not tell me.”
The decision will not prevent Whitelock from going before the Parole Board in a bid for early release.
A Parole Board spokesman said Whitelock’s parole review was still going through the standard processes.
A Prison Service spokesman said: “We do not comment on individuals.”