Mitchell Quy brutally murdered his wife days before Christmas.
Lynsey Quy disappeared on December 16 1998, with Mitchell Quy claiming she had run away from their family home.
Lynsey was just 21-years-old at the time and the supposedly devoted husband appealed for her to come home and even accused her of abandoning her children, even though he had killed her.
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Quy lead police on an 18-month goose chase before he was eventually arrested in 2001.
Before his arrest, he had appeared in television interviews where he was smiling during questioning.
He invited television crews into his home in Birkdale and appealed for Lynsey to return home, when in fact he had strangled her to death.
Quy constantly denied he had anything to do with his wife's disappearance.
He would call into radio stations and appear on talk shows claiming that Lynsey had just got up and left one day and never came back.
At a police press conference, Quy stated to the public: “She left without saying goodbye.
"I thought she would have come back for the kids but she obviously does not care about us anymore.”
In possibly his most sinister appearance, Quy invited a documentary filmmaker into his home to interview him.
He was asked outright if he had killed his wife to which he replied: "Wait and see."
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It became clear that Quy was lying about what happened to his wife by the way he continually questioned journalists on the legitimacy of their interviews.
Linguistics specialist Professor Dawn Archer, of Manchester Metropolitan University, says this is a strategy; 'attacking the legitimacy' of the questions asked of him.
She said: " Several times in the documentary he talks about having already answered [that] question. So, it's a defensive mechanism, it's an evasive strategy.
"If you don't want to answer the question directly you ridicule the question or the questioner."
Body language specialist Cliff Lansley, known on the show as The Watcher, added: "As soon as he is asked if he killed Lynsey, the corner of his mouth raises slightly towards his ear. This unilateral movement is not a smile, it's a movement representing contempt. A position of moral superiority.
"He then fully smiles, showing the kick he is getting from his inception. It's as if he's saying 'I don't need to answer that question, it's up to you to prove I'm guilty, which is something that you can't do because I'm so much smarter than you'."
It was revealed that Quy gruesomely chopped up the mum-of-two's body and turned to his brother to help him scatter the remains.
Quy was sentenced to life in prison in 2001, with 17 years having to have passed before applying for parole. Quy's brother, Elliott, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his help.
Lynsey's hands and head were never found after her body was scattered across Southport.
23 years on from the disturbing murder Quy was set to go before a parole board earlier this year but the hearing has been postponed, with all hearings being listed in April, although this is subject to change.
A spokesperson for the Parole Board said: "We can confirm the parole review of Mitchell Quy has been referred to the Parole Board by the Secretary of State for Justice 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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