A TWISTED killer who strangled his disabled girlfriend to death — then slept beside her lifeless body — is set to walk free.
Dean Williams, 62, murdered vulnerable mum-of-two Mary Malkin in a flat in Kent in 2005 in a crime so chilling it still haunts her family 21 years on.
The brute throttled Mary to death and spent the night beside the woman he had just killed.
The next morning, in a performance that beggars belief, he phoned police and claimed: “Someone’s strangled my girlfriend.”
But cops quickly uncovered the horrifying truth.
Williams had a sickening history of domestic abuse, they had arrested him, before for hitting the mum-of-two.
He had beaten Mary and even hidden her prosthetic leg.
At court he was caged for life with a minimum term of 20 years.
After trying to wriggle out of his conviction on the basis of fresh evidence about his mental state, he was again found guilty of murder in 2014.
Now Williams has been granted parole following an oral hearing and could soon be back on the streets.
Mary’s devastated sister Franky Dillon has vowed to fight the decision.
She said: “I fully intend to appeal on the grounds of his previous abusive behaviour and the hell he put his exes through, including beatings and strangulation.
“He is a monster of a man who should have died in prison.”
Franky previously told KentOnline the move to free him, warning that supervision orders would not keep women safe.
“A leopard does not change its spots,” she said.
“They’re telling me, ‘but he’s going to be on licence, he’ll have to be brought to the parole office’.
“Excuse me? That man was on bail for domestic violence against Mary, and he still went back and killed her. So do not tell me a licence is going to stop him.
“I want to see him die in prison, and I hope and pray to God that every night he closes his eyes, he thinks of Mary and she haunts him.”
The Parole Board confirmed a panel had directed Williams’ release.
A spokesperson said: “Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
“A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and the impact the crime has had on the victims.
“Members read and digest hundreds of pages of evidence and reports in the lead-up to an oral hearing.
“Evidence from witnesses such as probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison, as well as victim’s personal statements may be given at the hearing.
“It is standard for the prisoner and witnesses to be questioned at length during the hearing, which often lasts a full day or more.
“Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”
For Mary’s family, though, the horror did not end in 2005.
Now they face the agonising prospect that killer could soon be free.
