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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Emma Lovell murder: Queensland to appeal to high court for harsher sentence for teen killer

Deb Frecklington
Queensland attorney general Deb Frecklington said that under the state government’s controversial ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws, the teenager convicted of murdering Emma Lovell would have faced a mandatory minimum sentence of life behind bars. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland’s attorney general, Deb Frecklington, will appeal to the high court to increase the sentence for Emma Lovell’s murderer.

Lovell was stabbed to death after a home invasion by two teenagers on Boxing Day in 2022. The case became a flashpoint amid a statewide debate about youth crime.

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