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A grieving mum says her son’s killer should have still been locked up – and slammed the authorities for having “blood on their hands”.
Donna Powell, 54, has demanded answers as to why Robert Goodwin was able to roam the streets freely and murder her son, Shane Thompson, 32, in December 2021. Shane, a dad-of-one, had given Goodwin a job when he was released from prison, but was stabbed when the pair went back to Shane’s house following a drink at a pub.
Goodwin was found guilty of Shane’s murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 22 years in April last year. But Donna, a retired school cook from Birmingham, is asking why Goodwin was free to commit the murder given he was supposed to be serving a 41 month custodial sentence.
Goodwin had been jailed for a robbery in December 2018 that left his victim unconscious – he was subsequently been freed on licence but then recalled to jail after being accused of attacking another person. Yet he was later released on parole and nine days later, killed Shane Thompson. Donna maintains Goodwin should have still been behind bars when her son was murdered.
She has now accused both the parole board and the probation service of “not doing their job” and said she’d be willing to “stand outside Parliament” to get justice for her son.. Donna said: “I blame them for my son’s death. Because if they had done their job, he would still be alive. They have my son’s blood on their hands.
Shane Thompson died aged 32 (
Image: Donna Powell/SWNS)
Robert Goodwin was jailed for a minimum of 22 years (
