End injustice of killers hiding victims' bodies

HEARTBROKEN families left unable to bury loved ones after their murder are victims of a cruel injustice, says a top Tory MP.

- By Steph Spyro

Former Cabinet minister Esther McVey has backed calls for killers to serve a mandatory 40-year sentence, without parole, for murder when a victim’s remains are not found.

The Daily Express columnist is campaigning for Chantel’s Law, named after a mum murdered with a meat cleaver by former soldier Stephen Wynne near his home in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in 2004.

Wynne told police of various locations where he claimed he dumped her body, including a household bin and in undergrowth at a park five miles from his home, but her remains have never been found.

Slamming the “cruel injustice”, Ms McVey said: “The current system allows perpetrators to manipulate the law, avoiding full accountability and leaving families in perpetual anguish. It is time for the Government to act. Chantel’s Law is not just a legal necessity. It is a moral imperative.