PUBLIC fury that the killer of a Thurrock schoolgirl who has never disclosed where or how he disposed of her body has been reawakened following a newspaper interview and the publication of a book.

Stuart Campbell, 63, was jailed for life in 2002 after being found guilty of the murder of 15-year-old East Tilbury schoolgirl Danielle Jones, but will be eligible for parole this year.

Last month Danielle's mum Linda and brother Mitchell joined Essex police officers at a ceremony to mark the 20 years since her disappearance.

At the ceremony Linda said: "Over the years we have repeatedly appealed for information that could help us find Danielle. But in truth only one person holds that information and now, 20 years on, I hope he will finally do the right thing and allow us to lay our darling daughter to rest."

But Campbell, 63, who is Danielle's uncle, remains tightlipped.

Today (Sunday, 18 July) the Sunday Times carries an interview with Campbell's brother Alix Sharkey, 64, who says he is 'furious' that he could be released from prison this year despite never confessing to his crime or revealing where he hid the body.

Mr Sharkey, who is currently living in Barbados and has written a book which recounts his horror at finding out about his brother's crime, has spoken of his 'profound scorn' for Campbell.

He said: "I hope it will shift something in him, to make him understand that you cannot pretend to anyone, including yourself, that this is over, that you can start again.

"You can't do that. I won't let you. You have to tell these people what you did with that girl's body."

Mr Sharkey has drawn attention to 'Helen's Law', brought to the statute book this year, which legally requires the Parole Board to consider whether a prisoner has admitted guilt or expressed remorse.

'Helen's Law' is named after Helen McCourt, a 22-year-old insurance clerk who was murdered in 1988. Her killer, Ian Simms, has never revealed the location of her body.

Danielle left her home in East Tilbury in June 2001 to catch a bus to St Clere's School in Stanford-le-Hope and her parents never saw her again.

Campbell, a father-of-two and body-builder, denied any involvement in his niece's disappearance, but the prosecution produced evidence that he had developed an 'irresistible sexual attraction' for her and backed up that evidence with a strong case that included inexorable evidence that he was guilty, including with blood on clothing which contained a mixture of Campbell's and Danielle's DNA.

The coming eligibility for parole of Campbell is likely to draw public comparison with about-to-be released double child killer Colin Pitchfork who will be kept off the sex offenders register when he is released from prison, causing outrage among his victims' families.