Homicide sufferer’s mum livid after studying her daughter’s killer could possibly be freed
Chantel Taylor’s killer will quickly be eligible for parole (Image: Supplied)
The grieving mom of a girl who was murdered in 2004 has been left devastated after studying her daughter’s killer could possibly be up for parole this month.
Jean Taylor, the mom of Chantel Taylor who was killed and dismembered with a meat cleaver by Stephen Wynne in Birkenhead, Liverpool, in 2004, is asking for harder sentences for killers whose victims’ stays can’t be discovered.
Wynne is at the moment serving a life sentence for the homicide of Chantel after confessing to police after they found proof in his dwelling whereas investigating him for torching a mosque following the 7/7 London bombings.
Wynne advised detectives that he had disposed of her the mother-of-three’s stays in a number of areas round Merseyside, together with a family refuse bin and in undergrowth at a park 5 miles from his dwelling.
But regardless of the confession, the stays of Chantel have by no means been discovered, inflicting extra heartache for the grieving household who’re unable to place her to relaxation.
Stephen Wynne confessed to the crime in 2005 (Image: PA)
In May, Jean Taylor was “outraged” after a High Court decide backed a authorized problem by Wynne that noticed him moved to an open jail.
Wynne’s minimal time period was decreased to 18 years by the Court of Appeal and expired in July, that means he will likely be up for parole in a matter of weeks.
Speaking solely to Express.co.uk, Ms Taylor stated: “It upsets me in a way that my daughter’s life meant nothing. The fact that we have never found any of Chantel’s remains, I feel like the system to them is nothing. I can’t understand how these killers who commit the most horrific crimes can come out on parole one day and live their lives and start afresh. We, the victims family, suffer a life sentence rather than the killer.
“Our lives have gotten to endure and the justice system fails us each time. It’s a damaged system and it must be put proper. If you are taking a life with intent, it’s best to get life in jail. We should not be listening to about parole.”
Jean is campaigning for tougher sentences (Image: Trinity Mirror)
Chantel was mum-of-three when she was violently killed (Image: Supplied)
Ms Taylor previously marched on Downing Street leading a campaign signed by thousands demanding that life sentences “ought to imply life”.
Wynne was only caught when he tried to torch a mosque in a twisted revenge for the 2005 London bombings, with police searching his house finding a poem alluding to the crime. Asked if he had any information about Chanel’s disappearance, he replied: “I killed her”.
Wynne, an ex-solder who was thrown out of the army for using cannabis, had been drinking and taking cocaine on the night of the killing in March 2004. As he walked home, he approached Chanel who agreed to go to his house for sex. After smoking heroin, he struck her in the next with a meat cleaver as she tried to leave.
She died almost instantly, with Wynne using a saw to dismember her body before later hiding it in the woods and a local tip, Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Chantel’s remains have never been found (Image: Supplied)
Ms Taylor said: “They have not received a life sentence, they have a tarriff. Wynne just lately had a paper parole listening to however he is solely been in open jail situations for 2 weeks so it wasn’t sufficient time to do a report on him.
“I’ve been told that this month, he is going to be outside the prison with an escort on daily release and not long after, he will be allowed to go out of that prison on his own.
“Her youngsters have been introduced up and not using a mom. During the seek for Chantel, I promised them that I might not cease till I discovered her and I did not. We wish to arrange Chantel’s Law to make sure killers face a life sentence when a sufferer’s stays aren’t discovered.”
The petition currently has 4,794 signatures with the family also taking paper signatures in Merseyside.
The Ministry of Justice disagreed with the High Court’s ruling that Wynne should be moving to an open prison in May – a term for prisons which offer the minimum restrictions on prisoners’ movements and activities.
A panel hearing his application to move to open conditions said risk factors in his case included “substance misuse, alcohol and medicines, poor emotional and anger administration, impulsivity and use of weapons and reactive violence”. But it concluded that Wynne had been a “calm, resolved and compliant prisoner within the custodial property” who was “unlikely to abscond”.
Ms Taylor added: “He put an software in final yr to be moved to an open jail which I opposed. I wrote to the Secretary of State on the time and so they additionally opposed the transfer.
“But after appealing, a judge ruled that he should be moved to an open prison so now he has more freedom while Chantel’s family live with the life sentence of not having her in our lives because of him.”