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| A report on the care and treatment of the man who murdered mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, in Kent in 1996, is due to be published later. | A report on the care and treatment of the man who murdered mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell, in Kent in 1996, is due to be published later. |
| Michael Stone is serving life for the killings and the attempted murder of Megan's sister Josie, now of Wales. | |
| Before the murders he received support for mental health problems and drug addiction and spent time on probation. | Before the murders he received support for mental health problems and drug addiction and spent time on probation. |
| Josie's father, Shaun Russell, told the BBC that agencies who deal with people like Stone could work better together. | |
| He declined to comment on the report ahead of its publication, which will be delivered by Robert Francis QC. | |
| The independent inquiry was commissioned after the murders by the three agencies which had been treating or supervising Stone - West Kent Health Authority (now NHS South East Coast), Kent Social Services and Kent Probation Service. | |
| You can't lock people up if they haven't done something Shaun Russell | |
| The agencies will respond to the 384-page report on Monday. | The agencies will respond to the 384-page report on Monday. |
| The inquiry report was completed in November 2000, with extra information added in May 2002, but its release was delayed by Stone's appeal against his conviction, and then a legal challenge against the report's publication. | The inquiry report was completed in November 2000, with extra information added in May 2002, but its release was delayed by Stone's appeal against his conviction, and then a legal challenge against the report's publication. |
| Stone argued that personal medical information in the report should not be made available to the public and media, but that was rejected by the High Court in July. | Stone argued that personal medical information in the report should not be made available to the public and media, but that was rejected by the High Court in July. |
| Stone was convicted and jailed for life in 2001. | Stone was convicted and jailed for life in 2001. |
| Mr Russell said Stone was "yet another in a long catalogue of cases where people who have mental problems, violent offenders, have been free in the community and haven't been monitored, looked after, assessed, managed properly really". | |
| He said: "I agree that you can't lock people up if they haven't done something but still I think the agencies that deal with people like this could work a lot better together to monitor people like this." | |
| Michael Stone was convicted and jailed for life in 2001 | |
| He said his daughter Josie had helped him to keep going after Lin and Megan died. | |
| "She is a light for me, a beacon," he said. | |
| Mr Russell said Josie was "someone that I have been able to concentrate on and give all my attention to and that's helped me through it". | |
| And he revealed she has now left home and moved into a flat where she was "mightily happy", but was still dealing with the effects of the attack. | |
| He said: "She has still been left with an impairment. She still has to live with the implications of that attack. | |
| "She has got reduced ability to read and write and a speech impairment - it is something that will never go away." |