A murderer made a twisted joke in prison about where he buried the remains of his wife.
Mitchell Quy killed his wife Lynsey in 1998 before leading police on an 18-month search after claiming she had vanished.
In fact the jealous husband had strangled the mum-of-two in her home while their children slept upstairs, reports the Liverpool Echo.
He cut up her body and, with the help of his brother Elliot, hid her remains around Southport.
In 2001, he was sentenced to life in prison and has twice been denied parole and therefore remains behind bars in a category A prison.
Psychiatric nurse Chris Kinealy worked at Altcourse Prison between 1998 and 2010 and described Quy as "one of the many unpleasant psychopaths" he ever met.
In a new book entitled Jail Stories: My Stretch in Altcourse Part Two the author revealed harrowing conversations he had with Quy behind bars.
In one particularly disturbing extract of the book the former nurse wrote how Quy made a sick joke about where he had hidden one of his wife's body parts.
And after telling the joke Chris said Quy "laughed out loud and commented ‘do you get it?".
In the book Chris told how Quy asked him if he had watched him on TV.
Quy was so confident he could get away with the brutal execution of wife Lynsey he allowed documentary makers to capture his life as he called for his missing bride to return.
In a chilling clip, taken from a documentary filmed as Quy maintained his deception, the murderer responds to questions over whether he killed Lynsey.
He said: “I’m not going to answer that. I’m not going to answer that question because I don’t need to.”
He then brands the question “stupid” before the journalist again asks Quy if he was responsible, adding "It’s not a stupid question, it’s a very serious question."
Quy then simply replied, with a smile on his face: “Wait and find out.”
In an extract from the book Chris writes: "He asked me eagerly. ‘Did you see me on television last night?’
"I replied, ‘no. I did not'. Even if I had seen it, I would always reply, ‘no.’
"He seemed very disappointed, he expected that everyone the prison would now recognise his star status and he also expected to be treated as the celebrity that he felt he was.
"He was very upset that this did not happen."
The nurse claimed that Quy on several occasions told him that "no-one has any sympathy for me".
Chris wrote: "In this instance he was correct - no-one did have any sympathy for him."
Quy could be released from prison if a parole board deems him fit to be let back into society or transferred to an open prison.
However up to now he has twice been denied parole.
In a 2018 report detailing the Parole Board’s decision, risk factors associated with Quy included his vengeful thinking, controlling and manipulative behaviour, lack of victim awareness, and drug and alcohol use.
It revealed that Quy had been involved in drug use in prison, as well as having faced accusations of bullying other prisoners.
And while the report states Quy has been undertaking ‘significant therapeutic work’ none of the professionals working with him supported his release or progression to open prison conditions.
The report stated: "Mr Quy’s recent conduct in custody had been mixed. He had had three proven adjudications for drug-related matters.
"There had been reports of bullying of other prisoners and of verbal aggression (but no physical aggression) toward staff, although these reports had not resulted in any sanction against him.
"He had also had positive reports about his role within the prison wing community."
The report concluded: “After considering the circumstances of offending, the progress made while in custody, and the evidence presented at the hearing, the panel was not satisfied that Mr Quy was suitable for release.
"Nor did it consider that Mr Quy’s risks had reduced sufficiently for the panel to recommend his transfer to open conditions.
"The panel did, however, commend Mr Quy’s ongoing application to the therapeutic process and his realistic approach to the current review by the Parole Board.
Lynsey's dad Peter told the Echo how he hopes his daughter's killer will never be released from prison and a petition to keep him behind bars has been signed more than 12,000 times.
Dad Peter said: "There is a possibility that he will never get out, which is what we all hope, because what happens if he does get out?
"He apparently has these vengeful thoughts and the worry is who are these vengeful thoughts about?
"There is no remorse from him what so ever."
Peter said the parole board has told him they will be in contact early next year.
- To purchase 'Jail Stories: My Stretch in Altcourse Part Two' by Chris Kinealy click here .
