No alert on parolees without charges, court hears CORRECTIONS staff had to report serious crimes by parolees only when charges were laid, a court has heard. An inquest on a woman murdered by her parolee ex-partner heard guidelines then used stated it was "sufficient to wait until charges were laid" before notifying the Adult Parole Board. Psychologist Margaret Burton, 40, was killed by Jayson Hawkins at her Hoppers Crossing home in 2009, days after he was released from a psychiatric unit. Shortly before, when he had a mental breakdown and split from Ms Burton, his parole was not reviewed. This was despite his being assessed as high-risk. The Coroners Court was told his admission as an involuntary psychiatric patient did not prompt authorities to act, and the parole board was not told. Corrections authorities agreed to let him move in with a friend when he broke up with Ms Burton. But he turned up at her home, disoriented and behaving strangely. The court heard parole conditions and information about a parolee's crimes weren't given to people willing to let parolees live with them, because of privacy concerns. Three days before the murder, Hawkins's support worker was warned he was volatile, and that Ms Burton was frightened. But this was never passed on to his corrections officer or to the parole board. The court heard most of 66 recommendations of reviews of the parole system since 2011 had been acted on. But two of the reviews, including one that examined every recent case of homicide involving a parolee, remain secret, pending a ruling by State Coroner Ian Gray. The Department of Justice has argued the reports should not be revealed in case it discouraged public servants from being honest in future reviews. It was also argued that both were Cabinet documents, despite one not having been used by Cabinet. Judge Gray is expected to rule tomorrow on the Herald Sun's bid to publish the secret reports, in the public interest.