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An assassin who has spent most of his life fighting to be released now says he wants to remain in prison.
Tom Fairfax, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1968 for killing his wife’s friend, says he wants “to be forgotten.”
The Fairfax case is next for consideration by the Parole Board on June 17. But after 49 years in jail, Fairfax, 78, said over the weekend: “I have turned my back on the outside world.
“It has no interest for me now. I’ve made my life inside. “
Fairfax, who is at HMP Oakwood, Staffs, added: “The wing I’m in is the closest thing to a vacation camp you can have in a prison. I don’t imagine I can replicate it outside.”
“I would never be alone here. There are many people
“I have a life here and I don’t want to lose that.” Fairfax, whose real name is Roger Payne, suffers from osteoarthritis and has had cancer and a series of minor strokes, it was reported.
He was imprisoned for life in 1968 for cutting the neck of Claire Josephs, 20, in his apartment in Bromley, in south-east London. He pleaded not guilty at trial. There were no witnesses and no reason was established.
The prosecution relied heavily on evidence from Margaret Pereira, an expert in forensic blood analysis at Scotland Yard. Fairfax was one of the first murderers to be convicted solely of forensic evidence.
More than 60 fibers matching Claire’s dress were found on her clothing and a bloodstain matching her weird type was found on her car.
In 1991, his release was recommended, but the Interior Ministry reversed the decision.
Later he escaped during the residence permit and settled in Lydney, Glos. He was found and imprisoned in 1994.
The National Probation Service said probation decisions are “focused solely on whether an inmate would pose a risk to the public.”
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