A mum has said she will never stop fighting for her daughter after she was brutally murdered.
Stephen Wynne, then aged 26, killed Chantel Taylor with a meat cleaver near his home in Birkenhead, in March 2004. He later admitted to murdering the 27-year-old and was jailed for life at Liverpool Crown Court in January 2006.
His minimum term of 21 years was later reduced to 18 years by the Court of Appeal, with this term due to expire in July. Ms Taylor's remains have never been recovered, with Wynne only being caught when he tried to torch a mosque in Birkenhead in revenge for the July 7, 2005, London bombings.
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In February last year, the Parole Board recommended that Wynne should be moved to open prison conditions. In a ruling in May, a senior judge ruled in Wynne's favour, concluding that the Government had provided "no good reason" for rejecting the board's recommendation.
Tonight a balloon launch was held for Chantel outside her former home on Exmouth Road in Birkenhead. The event was organised by Chantel's three children and her mother Jean Taylor.
The street was packed with family and those who knew Chantel and bright pink balloons were released at 7pm this evening. The event was held to raise awareness for a law the family is now trying to bring before parliament called 'Chantel's Law' asking for a longer sentence for killers who dismember their victims.
Jean said: "I lost my best friend and I have never recovered or been the same since. When she walked into a room her smile lit it up. She was a caring person and a brilliant mother.
"When Stephen Wynne was moved to an open prison, as a family that was not the decision we wanted. So I decided to put together Chantel's Law.
"Which would mean that if a killer dismembers their victim they would get another sentence. The killing of my daughter went beyond anyone's imagination, he denied the coroner the right to do his job and our family the right to a burial."
Liverpool Crown Court was previously told that Wynne, who was thrown out of the Army for using cannabis, had been drinking and taking cocaine on the night of the killing.
As he walked home, Wynne was approached by Ms Taylor who agreed to go to his house for sex. While there they smoked heroin and Wynne revealed that he had an ounce of the drug which he had bought to sell. When Ms Taylor tried to leave, he suspected she had stolen the ounce and demanded it back.
When she refused, he struck her in the neck with a meat cleaver. She died almost instantly and Wynne used a saw to dismember the body before hiding it, the court heard. Police officers seeking clues to the arson attack, which Wynne admitted to, later asked if he had any information about Ms Taylor's disappearance and he replied: "I killed her."
Jean said the balloon launch was held outside her daughter's home as a symbolic gesture as it was the place Chantel brought up her children. The family now hope to get 10,000 signatures so 'Chantel's Law' can be raised at parliament.
At the event tonight Jean said: "I will not stop until I get full justice for my daughter's beautiful children... Let's hope the Chantel's Law will stop the likes of Stephen Wynn from thinking he can get away with murder."
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