A TV documentary about the axe killer who bludgeoned a former Harwood man to death could be screened later this year.

The mother of victim Daniel O'Brien has been approached by "dozens" of production companies -- said to include Manchester-based Granada -- about making a documentary or a fictional drama.

Elizabeth O'Brien, aged 72, said she was likely to give such a project the go-ahead.

It would chart her 41-year-old son's life up until the point killer Janet Charlton axed him in the head and upper body 20 times at the couple's home in Midgely, West Yorkshire.

Mrs O'Brien said: "I think it would be a good thing and I'm in talks with the police in Yorkshire about it.

"It may help the case at the end of the day. Certainly it would mean Janet Charlton would not be forgotten.

"I just can't be hurt any more, so I'm going into these talks with an open mind."

Charlton was cleared of murder at Leeds Crown Court but found guilty of manslaughter.

She had killed Mr O'Brien during a bondage session while he was handcuffed, gagged and blindfolded.

The officer leading the investigation, Det Chief Supt Paul Johnston of West Yorkshire Police, has also been approached about making a series of hour-long specials on the sensational case.

But he said: "I'm not in favour of using something so horrific as this merely for entertainment purposes. If somebody could convince me that there would be a genuine public interest reason for doing something then I would consider it."

The murder squad chief also revealed the house had been left untouched since the killing in case defence experts wanted to conduct their own forensic tests.

It was being cleaned up before being handed back to Mrs O'Brien, the victim's main beneficiary.

Mr Johnston said: "The big thing for her is having to go the place where her beloved son was killed. And there will come a time when she is going to have to go into the house for the first time. I'm dreading it and I know that she is. There is quite a lot of work to do to get it back in a reasonable state for the lady so she can sell it. It's my intention to release it to Mrs O'Brien just as soon as we can."

Charlton moved from jail

JANET Charlton has been moved from New Hall Women's Prison in Flockton, near Wakefield, following an outcry that the jail overlooked the scene of her horrific crime.

Although the Prison Service is keeping tight-lipped, speculation is rife that she has moved to Durham Prison, former home of notorious murderers Myra Hindley and Rose West.

Tony Ellis, head of operations at New Hall, said: "Charlton has been moved to a more appropriate prison."

Mrs O'Brien was set to write to the Home Office to complain about Charlton's imprisonment at New Hall.

She said it was "absolutely cruel" that the killer was positioned so close to Woodside Hall, the Midgley home she shared with Mr O'Brien and the house in which she axed him to death.

Today she told the Bolton Evening News: "I'm over the moon. She should never have been in there in the first place."

Mr Ellis added: "The decision to move Janet Charlton had nothing to do with outside pressures. It's normal policy to relocate long-term prisoners after their trials at local courts."