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An evil killer has been granted parole despite refusing to reveal where he buried his victim’s body.

The Parole Board sensationally claimed Stephen Wynne has shown “genuine” remorse for “his offending and the pain” caused to mother-of-three Chantel Taylor’s family.

But Chantel’s mother, Jean Taylor, blasted the decision, claiming former soldier Wynne, 48, will kill again after hoodwinking officials and repeatedly refusing to reveal where he hid her remains.

Ms Taylor told the Express how she now faces devastating conversations with her relatives still struggling to come to terms with the brutal murder.

She told the Daily Express: “I don’t know what to say to. I don’t know what words I can use to tell them that he’s got his parole.

“I don’t know what words to say to the one and only daughter that I’ve got left, who struggles badly with PTSD and hasn’t been able to work, who some days struggles to even get out of the bed, even now.

“Now and again she’ll say, “Where do you think she is?”

“I don’t want to tell my remaining children. I’ve got two hardworking young sons, and I don’t know what to say to them. As a mother, I feel inadequate.

“I feel, for all these years that I have campaigned and fought tooth and nail, backwards and forwards to London, to keep him inside prison. But all those years have been to no avail.”

Mother-of-three Chantel was brutally murdered with a meat cleaver by former soldier Stephen Wynne at his home in Birkenhead, in Merseyside, in March 2004.

But Wynne has never revealed where he buried his victim, only telling police her body was in a household bin and in a park five miles from his home.

Wynne, who was 26 at the time of the murder, was jailed for a minimum term of 21 years. But it was later reduced to 18 years by the Court of Appeal.

The Parole Board, summarising why it decided Wynne is safe to release, concluded: “Mr Wynne had difficulties in coping with extreme emotions, evidenced grievance thinking, a poor attitude towards women and he struggled to solve life’s problems.

“The panel noted a history of violence and Mr Wynne acting without thinking about the consequences of his actions.

“The psychologist witness who had assessed Mr Wynne said that there had been an absence of violence for a very long time and also considered the risk of violent extremism to be low.

“The panel heard from the professional witnesses that Mr Wynne had continued to make positive progress since moving to an open prison, that he was motivated to succeed on release and that he had long-term goals.”

But Ms Taylor dismissed this assessment, claiming “you can’t get inside someone’s mind and certainly not a mind like Stephen Wynne’s.”

She told this newspaper: “He’s a cold, callous, calculating killer.

“My belief is that Stephen Wynne murdered Chantel in the way that he did, and dismembered her body, to fulfil a sexual gratification that he’s had in his sick mind for a long time.

“I don’t believe for one minute that he’s safe to come out into society because I believe he will do it again.

“All he’s done, while he’s been in prison, is kid the system

“He’s not of good character at all. Remorse? He doesn’t know what remorse is.

“He couldn’t have done what he did to Chantel if he had one ounce of respect for a young vulnerable woman who had done him no harm.

“Chantel was a lovely person, struggling to cope with the loss of her brother. She was a beautiful soul who cared for a blind lady. A caring and compassionate young woman.”

The grieving family has demanded that killers serve a mandatory 40-year sentence, without parole, for murder when a victim’s remains are not found. They have also called for murderers who dismember a body, and never reveal its location, to be locked up for the rest of their lives.

The Express is backing their calls through the Families Fighting for Justice crusade.

Ms Taylor said: “If Chantel’s Law had been on the statute book when Stephen Wynne was sentenced, he would have had to serve 40 years minimum.

“That’s another 20 years. That means he’d be 78 when he got parole.

“Now, he can go and mix in society.

“If I find out where he is, I’ll make sure that the public gets to know where he is.

“Because one day, Stephen Wynne is going to meet someone’s daughter, sister, auntie.”

A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: “We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board has directed the release of Stephen Wynne following an oral hearing. 

“Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.  

“A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims.  

“Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority.”