Family fury as axe killer who cut off wife's head as she phoned her mum gets out of jail early

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A man who killed his wife with an axe as she spoke to her mum on the phone has been freed after serving 14 years of a life sentence.Emrys Taylor, 79, was released on parole last month but his victim’s furious family say he should have been kept behind bars for the horrific crime.

Taylor told a 999 operator minutes after killing Lillian: “I’ve just killed my wife. I’ll go to prison for the rest of my life.

It doesn’t matter. “I’ve f***ing bashed her head in. There’s no need for an ambulance. Take her straight to the morgue.”Taylor hit Lillian with an axe he took from their garden shed at their home in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, in April 2008.

She was speaking on the phone to her mum Lena as he launched the frenzied attack. Lillian’s sister Liz Martin yesterday says the justice system in Scotland “stinks” as she relived the moment she found out he was being freed.Liz, 62, got a letter informing her that Taylor had been released.