A killer who chopped up his wife's body and hid it across a Merseyside town is set to have his parole hearing in two months.
Mitchell Quy strangled his wife and mum-of-two Lynsey Quy to death in 1998 before scattering her body across Southport.
The calculated murderer then played with police and the public for 18 months, even inviting the media into his Birkdale home and appealed for mum-of-two Lynsey to return after she went missing over Christmas 1998.
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Quy continuously denied he had anything to do with his wife's disappearance, with him appearing on radio and TV shows claiming Lynsey had gotten up one day and walked out.
In reality the sadistic killer had strangled her, cut up her body and - with the help of his brother Elliot - hid her remains around Southport.
Quy was jailed for life in January 2001, with Elliot sentenced to seven years for helping to dispose of the body.
Quy has twice been denied parole previously and therefore remains behind bars in a category A prison.
It has now been confirmed by the Parole Board for England and Wales that Quy could be out in early January.
Quy's parole hearing is set for late November, with a decision to be made by mid-December.
There is then a three week period where the decision remains provisional to allow time for the prisoner, victim’s family or Secretary of State for Justice to ask for the decision to reconsidered by the Board if they feel it was irrational or procedurally unfair.
The decision will then be finalised in early January.
A spokesperson for the Parole Board of England and Wales told the ECHO : "We can confirm the parole review of Mitchell Quy has been referred to the Parole Board and is following standard processes.
"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.
"Members read and digest hundreds of pages of evidence and reports in the lead up to an oral hearing.
"Evidence from witnesses including probation officers, psychiatrists and psychologists, officials supervising the offender in prison as well as victim personal statements are then given at the hearing.
"The prisoner and witnesses are then questioned at length during the hearing which often lasts a full day or more.
"Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority."
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