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Shoe fetish killer Christopher Farrow blocked from move to open prison after intervention by Justice Secretary

Published on April 23, 2025 at 09:27 PM

SHOE fetish killer Christopher Farrow will not be moved to an open prison after an intervention by the Justice Secretary.

Farrow, 64, got life with a minimum of 18 years in 2000 for .

Photo of Christopher Farrow, convicted of murder.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has blocked shoe fetish killer Christopher Farrow's move to an open prison after the Parole Board recommended the switch
Photo of Wendy Speakes, murder victim.
Farrow raped and murdered Wendy Speakes, 51, and took her shoes as a trophy from the scene in Wakefield, West Yorks

from the scene in Wakefield, West Yorks.

Last month, .

But that has now been blocked by Justice Secretary .

Wendy’s daughter Tracey Millington-Jones yesterday said: “I cried tears of relief when I got the call.

and knew no woman was safe once that happened.”;

Tracey paid particular thanks to the late Detective Chief Supt Bob Taylor, who headed Wendy’s murder inquiry and promised Tracey and her sister, Leah, that he would find the killer.

He passed away in December last year, but his son Joseph, 25, of Leeds, West Yorks, said: “My dad was convinced had committed more serious crimes and branded him an evil and dangerous man.

“Dad would be very happy with this result.”;

The said Farrow’s transfer was blocked as “public protection is our priority”;.

Woman and two young children in a swimming pool.
An early family snap of Wendy with her young daughters
Portrait of a man in a suit in front of a building.
DCS Bob Taylor, who led the investigation
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