Accomplice, ex-wife of pedophile killer, appears headed for early release in Belgium

(CBS/AP) BRUSSELS - The former wife and convicted accomplice of a Belgian pedophile murderer is expected to be released from prison early, since the prosecutor's office did not lodge an appeal against the move.

Michel Martin was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for her role in the death of two 8-year-old girls held by her then-husband Marc Dutroux in the mid-1990s.

Under Belgian law, Martin could be released within weeks after serving 15 years of her sentence, and as a condition of parole, will move to a convent in France, said the prosecutor general of the southern city of Mons, Brussels.

The parents of the victims protested the plans that Martin could be freed early.

Dutroux, meanwhile, is serving a life term for abducting, imprisoning and raping six girls. He was found guilty of murdering two girls and allowing two others in his custody to starve to death.