My sister was raped & drowned in bath weeks after monster left prison… after 25 years in jail he will strike again
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A HEARTBROKEN sister has made a last-ditch plea to keep a rapist killer behind bars, warning: “He will strike again”. Sex beast Michael Wade attacked and raped Good Samaritan mum Jean Whitfield before drowning her in a bathtub. The kind-hearted 42-year-old was brutally murdered in her flat after allowing drifter Wade into her home 25 years ago.
![[Joan Robinson, whose sister Jean Whitfield was brutally murdered by Michael Wade in 1999, has spoken out about his impending release]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4efc5d94-ea0b-4f81-a633-d80ac84054f6.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The remorseless brute was locked up for life and told to serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars over his sickening crimes. But parole board chiefs have decided he is now safe to be released back into society - to the fury of his victim’s family. Sister Joan, 62, said: “He took Jean’s life and he has ruined mine - and now they want to give him a second chance?.
![[Wade pictured in his mugshot]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/76e74df0-4d2c-4fda-9c07-9dc3f287a12a.jpg?strip=all&w=741)
“He’s a monster - he should never see the light of day. “This man didn’t just take my sister’s life, he shattered mine, too. “For years, I’ve lived with the trauma of what he did to her, and the thought of him being out in the world again is sickening. How can they put someone like him back into society?.
![[Jean was murdered by Wade in a bathtub]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/341e5c9c-dfcf-452b-9c4f-e8229f41994b.jpg?strip=all&w=716)
“It’s a betrayal - not just for Jean but for all women and girls. What’s the point in a life sentence if they don’t get life. “The parole board says he’s fine now because he’s done a couple of courses in prison. But whoop-de-do, what does that prove?.
![[Joan is worried Wade will come for her because he knows where she works]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/3e5473a6-ac3e-4b5d-b1eb-d8b6109e5afe.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“Leopards don’t change their own spots. He’s a monster who will kill again. Weighing just seven stone and plagued by arthritis, vulnerable Jean did not stand a chance when Wade targeted her at her flat in Gateshead, near Newcastle, just months after being released from prison for another violent attack.
![[Joan called wade a 'monster' who should never see the light of day]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/839dc8d6-a5be-4c8f-aa57-09a3b9ec2328.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
