Tasmin Glass, who was jailed in 2019 for her part in the death of Steven Donaldson in Kirriemuir, is set to be released from prison early after her latest parole bid was accepted. The 27-year-old was sentenced to ten years for culpable homicide but will walk free after serving just seven.
Family told of decision
According to The Courier, Steven's family were informed of the Parole Board for Scotland's decision on Wednesday afternoon, October 21, following a parole hearing the previous day. Steven's father, Bill Donaldson, told the publication: "This is the worst decision for us ever. We continue to maintain that she should serve the full 10-year-sentence."
He added: "We will never forgive Tasmin Glass or the other killers for the brutal way in which they killed our beloved son. What they did was horrific. The way they killed Steven doesn’t bear thinking about."
Release conditions
Glass will have conditions imposed upon her release, including a ban on entering or living in Angus or Dundee, and she must not approach or contact the Donaldson family. It is not yet known when she will be released or where she will live.
Bill Donaldson said: "She has already shown a huge disregard and disrespect for the authorities. She broke her parole conditions only months after she was allowed out of jail – we can have no faith that she won’t do so again."
A Parole Board letter shown to the outlet stated that the level of risk posed by Glass can be managed "safely" in the community. She will remain on licence until the end of her sentence on May 2, 2029.
Background to the case
Glass was released on parole last July but was recalled to prison in April after breaching her release conditions. Tuesday's hearing was the eighth time she had appeared before the parole board.
At the age of 20, Glass wrote off a car Steven had bought for her. She owed him £1,000 from the insurance payout but, instead of admitting she could not find the cash, she devised a plan to kill him. She lured Steven to a remote spot in Kirriemuir, where her accomplices Steven Dickie and Callum Davidson, both 24, murdered him.
Glass was convicted of culpable homicide and sent to a Young Offenders' Institute for 10 years following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh in May 2019. Dickie and Davidson were found guilty of murder and given life sentences with minimum punishment periods of 23 and 24 years. In November that year, Dickie took his own life in Perth Prison. During sentencing, Judge Lord Pentland described Glass as "manipulative and devious".
