Killer Stephen Wynne (left) murdered Chantel Taylor, daughter of Jean (right) (Image: Liverpool Echo/Merseyside Police)
I have spent 18 years supporting families who have lost a loved one to murder.
After much thought, and navigating the failings within our justice system, I have begun campaigning for a change in the law.
We need a combined sentence for killers who murder then go on to dismember their victim’s body — as was the case with my daughter Chantel.
These killers dismember the victim’s body to hide their guilt in the hope of never being caught. They also deny the victim’s family the rights to a burial. These types of killers premeditate their killing, premeditate the dismembering of their victim’s body.
If they are caught, the perpetrator can say anything about the events in question, often blaming the victimMy daughter’s killer, Stephen Wynne, was given a 21-year tariff, lowered on his appeal to 18 years.
This is not justice. There was no sentence given to him for the dismembering of Chantels body.
We are told the tariff does not mean he will get parole after 18 years. Why should us families have to even think at 18 years that parole could be granted?
Chantel’s Law will give a life sentence with a 40-year tariff.
This law needs to be legislated so no other family is left like ours, with no respect shown for such vile acts.
There is no law out there that includes murder and desecration together.
There is both desecration and concealment but it only carries a six-year sentence.
Judges can apply for it to run concurrently — then a killer could still get away with a 18-year tariff.
We need Chantel’s Law.
I will not stop campaigning until Chantel’s Law is legislated.