CONVICTED murderer Russell Causley is to be considered for release again despite his refusal to say what happened to his victim and wife Veronica Packman.

A parole hearing will take place in the coming weeks, heaping further agony upon their daughter and grandson, Samantha and Neil Gillingham.

They have long campaigned for Causley to remain in prison until he tells them where he disposed of the body of Veronica, known as Carole, in 1985.

Last year he finally "confessed" to murdering her, suggesting that he set fire to her body, scattering her ashes in locations across the country, including Meyrick Park in Bournemouth.

He then changed his mind, saying he had buried her in a "beautiful" location, before retracting his "confession" altogether and claiming to be innocent.

"He is playing games and to me it is totally baffling that he is going to get another parole hearing" said Neil.

"It will take months for the result to be announced while my mother and myself are supposed to be just getting on with our everyday lives.

"It is totally draining because it is difficult to think about anything else. He plays horrible games and his mindset has not changed since he first went to prison. He seems to have more rights than we do."

Veronica Packman disappeared from the family home in Westbourne shortly after visiting a solicitor to enquire about divorcing Causley, who had moved his lover Patricia Ward into the family home a year before his wife's disappearance.

Causley attempted to fake his own death in 1993 as part of an insurance fraud, for which he was jailed for two years and Patricia handed a 12-month suspended sentence for conspiring to defraud.

While serving his sentence, despite the absence of a body, he was prosecuted for Carole's murder and given 16 years behind bars.

However, the judgment was quashed by the Court of Appeal before a retrial was ordered in 2004, which again saw Causley found guilty and jailed for the murder.

The case was the subject of a four-week TV series entitled: "The Investigator: A British Crime Story" last year. Award-winning former detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who unmasked presenter Jimmy Savile as a serial paedophile, studied the case in detail.

Samantha Gillingham has now received a letter from the Probation Service which says: "I am writing to inform you that the above named offender (Russell Causley) is subject to a further parole review.

"If you would like to submit a further Victim Personal Statement please contact me. I have discussed this matter with his probation officer and they will be recommending that he remain in closed conditions."