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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Croft

Brianna Ghey killer Eddie Ratcliffe loses appeal to shorten sentence based on ‘immaturity’

Eddie Ratcliffe Brianna Ghey Richard Littler KC Scarlett Jenkinson CPS
Eddie Ratcliffe was jailed for life for murder earlier this year - (Cheshire Constabulary/AFP/Getty)

One of the teenagers convicted of the murder of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey has lost his bid to reduce the length of his sentence.

Lawyers for Eddie Ratcliffe, who was 15 at the time of the killing but is now 17, asked for the length of his sentence to be reduced, claiming the judge had failed to take into account his “immaturity”.

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