A MOTHER is calling for action after a woman convicted of killing her son was recalled from licence three times.

Mariane Eldritch’s son, Simon Sneddon, was murdered in 2008 at a house in Darlington.

The 25-year-old dad, originally of Barnard Castle, was beaten to death by a gang of friends after an argument about a mobile phone.

Caroline Barnett, 26, Mark Bennett, 24 and Philip Nichol, 20, were convicted for the murder and are serving life sentences while a fourth defendent, Tracey Whattam, 31, was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter.

Whattam, a mother-of-four, breached her licence days after first being released in early 2013 and while Ms Eldritch was told she “might” remain in prison until the end of the licence in 2017, she went on to be re-released and breach her licence on two more occasions in October 2014 as well as this month (June 2015).

Ms Eldritch is now calling for a change in the law, saying no family should have to go through the pain of watching their child’s killer be re-released several times and has written to her MP, Helen Goodman, calling for ministerial action.

The 52-year-old, of Barnard Castle, said: “This is now her third recall since her initial release following her part in the murder of my son.

“I am deeply disappointed that I am being continually put through this ordeal.

“There seems to be little consideration from the criminal justice system as to the impact these continuous breaches, recalls and re releases are having on me, the victim.

“I cannot understand why she has not been recalled to serve the remainder of her sentence given her consistent breaches.

“I fail to see how justice is being served in the management of this offender or how parole boards are consistently getting it so wrong in deciding she is fit for re-release.”

She added: “This woman played a major part in the cold blooded killing of a beautiful human being.

“Whatever is being done to rehabilitate her is clearly not working.

“The parole board are clearly getting it wrong each time they decide she is fit to be released.

“And nobody seems to be thinking, even for a minute, what effect this is having on my health and well being.”

MP Goodman said: “This is very serious and I think what I will do is write to the Lord Chancellor about it because I don’t think this family is being treated in an acceptable way at all – it’s very shocking.”