[3] He was quickly caught and returned to England to stand trial at the Old Bailey for the two murders there, and in August 1980, he pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
[1] As per the conditions of his parole, he was employed by the Dudley Council as a temporary assistant gardener under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, had to be strictly supervised and had to spend six months at a hostel before he could be allowed full release.
[3] There, he murdered her in an undetermined manner and then took Marcella's body to a small yard he had rented on Cooper Street, where he dismembered her and set her alight.
[1] The chief constable of West Midlands Police, Edward Crew, and Conservative MP Michael Fabricant, both criticised the decision to release Brumfitt.
[2][3] The prison service announced that it would consider revising the parole review process, in order to prevent potentially violent lifers from being released and causing more crimes.