Judge jails murderer who threatened to kill him

A JUDGE whose father, also a judge, was murdered in 1968 by a criminal he locked up yesterday jailed a killer who threatened to escape and kill him.

Judge William Openshaw was stabbed to death by John Smith 13 years after sending him to a borstal for stealing.

Yesterday, at Liverpool Crown Court, the murdered judge’s son Peter Openshaw sentenced killer Daniel Breaks to 30 years, just 24 hours after he promised to escape custody and kill him.