The grieving mother of a young woman callously murdered and dismembered has called for tougher sentences for killers whose victims' remains cannot be found.
Mum-of-three Chantel Taylor, 27, was murdered by Stephen Wynne in Birkenhead, Liverpool, in 2004, who then dismembered her body.
Evil Wynne is currently serving life after admitting to her murder – a confession which came after police discovered evidence in his home while investigating him for torching a mosque following the 7/7 London bombings.
Detectives interviewing Wynne were told he'd disposed of Chantel in several locations around Merseyside, including a household refuse bin and in undergrowth at a park five miles from his home.
But despite the detailed confession, no remains of Chantel have ever been found.
Speaking to The Mirror, Chantel's mum Jean Taylor spoke of the agony of never being able to properly lay her daughter to rest, saying all the family got back was a "small fragment of bone" found in Wynne's home.
Following a successful Mirror-backed campaign following the 1988 murder of Helen McCourt, Helen's Law now means that murderers who do not disclose the location of their victim's remains cannot ever be granted parole.
But Jean believes there is a grey area for killers like Wynne, who give a location meaning they will be in with a chance of freedom, whether or not it leads to the discovery of remains.
"There has been doubt for a long time over how much of his story is to be believed," Jean, 74, told The Mirror.
"It would have been extremely difficult to have gone to the lengths he claimed he went to by himself."
Wynne told Merseyside Police he had walked more than five miles to dispose of part of Chantel in undergrowth at a park, which has since been combed by cops with no luck.
"We had a small fragment of bone that came from one of the weapons which we put in a small box and then into a coffin. It was no bigger than your little fingernail."
Jean added: "Knowing your child is out there somewhere and you don't know where – that's a pain no-one should ever have to carry."
"He disposed of her like she was trash," she said.
The grandmother from The Wirral now runs the Families Fighting for Justice charity to help others whose loved ones were killed by criminals, and has launched a petition demanding life sentences be changed to a 40-year minimum in cases where the victim cannot be found.
It comes as a Court of Appeal judge earlier this month ruled in Wynne's favour after a parole board granted his request to be transferred to an open prison with minimal security.
Wynne was jailed for life at Liverpool Crown court in January 2006 and currently remains at HMP Dartmoor, serving an 18-year minimum sentence reduced from 21 years.
Jean said she has since been in ongoing talks with ministers, including former Secretary of State Dominic Raab and successor Alex Chalk KC, in a bid to block the ruling.
"I have no doubt that if Stephen Wynne gets out of prison that he will kill again," she said.
"He did what he did, in my opinion, because his mind is evil and it gave him sexual gratification. He's not safe to be mingling among us."
The petition launched by Jean can be signed here.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “This was a horrific crime and our thoughts remain with Chantel Taylor’s family and friends. These cases are particularly sickening and offenders can already face life sentences which mean they may never be released from prison.”
