The hulking killer of a public schoolgirl who was lured to her dying after being ejected from a nightclub had a parole listening to on Thursday after being recalled to jail for breaking his licence circumstances, MailOnline can reveal.
Unemployed labourer Matthew Howick, 30, was sentenced to life in jail for the 1999 killing of Ashleigh Robinson, 17, who was made to face outdoors a nightclub in Guildford by doormen as a result of she was drunk.
Regardless of repeated requests to be let again into Cinderella’s nightclub she was nonetheless on the road when, by ‘a merciless accident’, Howick handed by.
The 6ft 4in, 18st labourer lured her again to his city centre flat after providing to stroll her to a takeaway. As soon as there he beat her violently, sexually assaulted her, and strangled her with the wire a WC blind and a metallic bathe hose.
Unemployed labourer Matthew Howick, 30, was sentenced to life in jail for the 1999 killing of Ashleigh Robinson, 17
The 6ft 4in, 18st labourer lured Ashleigh Robinson (above) again to his city centre flat after providing to stroll her to a takeaway
Her bare physique was present in an alleyway between at 8.15am on the thirteenth April 1999. Howick, who was charged inside 24 hours and confessed to the crime regardless of claiming to have little reminiscence of the assault.
MailOnline can reveal that Howick, now 55, was directed for launch in 2020 after which recalled at a later date. It’s not recognized what licence circumstances he breached. This was his first listening to since being recalled.
The Parole Board will now decide throughout the subsequent 14-days and if it recommends Howick is launched once more, he can be again on the streets in weeks. The panel may additionally suggest a transfer to an open jail or reject the applying.
A Parole Board spokesperson stated:”An oral listening to has been listed for the parole evaluation of Matthew Howick and is scheduled to happen in August 2024.
‘Parole Board selections are solely centered on what danger a prisoner may signify to the general public if launched and whether or not that danger is manageable in the neighborhood.
‘A panel will fastidiously study an enormous vary of proof, together with particulars of the unique crime, and any proof of behaviour change, in addition to discover the hurt achieved and influence the crime has had on the victims.
‘Members learn and digest a whole lot of pages of proof and reviews within the lead as much as an oral listening to.
‘Proof from witnesses together with probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officers supervising the offender in jail in addition to sufferer private statements are then given on the listening to.
‘The prisoner and witnesses are then questioned at size in the course of the listening to which regularly lasts a full day or extra.
‘Parole opinions are undertaken totally and with excessive care. Defending the general public is our primary precedence.’
Ashleigh, who was a pupil at £15,000-a-year unbiased Millfield college (above), in Somerset, was barred from the membership regardless of doing nothing fallacious.
The horrific crime induced a nationwide outcry as Ashleigh had been excluded from the membership for sitting on a ledge. The court docket was advised {that a} doorman didn’t like her doing this and had then determined she was unsteady on her ft.
A coach had been organised to take a gaggle of 46 youngsters to the get together and produce them residence once more. Ashleigh had been due to stick with the mother and father of a buddy.
Ashleigh, who was a pupil at £15,000-a-year unbiased Millfield college, in Somerset, was barred regardless of doing nothing fallacious. Inexplicitly, her pals weren’t notified of her predicament.
In January 2000, the Outdated Bailey was advised that closed cicuit tv cameras recorded Ashleigh standing outdoors the membership with out her jacket and purse at 11.15pm, and that she appeared to have made repeated requests to be allowed again in.
A doorman went out and stayed along with her for some time however her exclusion coincided with the arrival of Howick, stated prosecutor Mark Dennis.
‘What adopted demonstrates a point of confidence on his half, fast pondering and willpower,’ Mr Dennis advised the court docket.
{The teenager} and Howick engaged in dialog, with the doorman excluded, and Howick acquired affirmation she was not allowed again in due to her state. A CCTV digicam recorded her being led up the road with Howick holding her hand.
One passer-by described having seen somebody ‘marching’ Ashleigh away. A motorist who had the impression they had been arguing drove across the block to see what was taking place, however the pair had disappeared.
Mr Dennis stated that Ashleigh had been missed by her pals, but it surely was not till later that they realised she had not been in one other a part of the membership. They reported her lacking to police, and considered CCTV footage taken across the time the membership closed. Crucially, they didn’t see movie of the sooner incident.
The next day Howick, who spent the morning trying to wash his flat, noticed police exercise outdoors and went to go to his mom. When he returned officers had been ready for him.
Howick initially advised detectives Ashleigh had left him on the street, however then admitted taking her to his flat ‘for espresso’ and stated a violent argument passed off. She had stated all males had been after the identical factor. He claimed she acknowledged: ‘I’m not that sort of individual – what sort of woman do you suppose I’m?’
Sentencing Howick, Decide Geoffrey Grigson stated:’You snuffed out a shiny younger life in a horrible manner.’
He added: ‘Plainly Ashleigh Robinson was drunk, however nevertheless drunk she could have been, nothing she did or may have achieved justified your response.’
Nigel Sweeney, defending, stated Howick was dyslexic, of lower-than-average intelligence and will keep in mind little of what occurred on the night of the homicide.
Ashleigh, a well-liked and wise woman, was learning for her A-levels at Millfield and hoped to go to college.
Ashleigh’s father, engineer Terry Robinson, from Axbridge, Somerset, stated in an announcement after the case:’Ashleigh was an clever and caring one who can be sorely missed by all who knew her.
‘She had a transparent view of what she needed to do along with her life.’
