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Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Callum Parke

Homophobic killer who murdered man in east London graveyard loses bid to appeal sentence

A man who murdered a father-of-two in a homophobic attack in east London has lost a bid to have his sentence reduced.

Erik Feld, 38, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 28 years last June after fatally attacking Ranjith Kankanamalage with a claw hammer in a graveyard in Tower Hamlets, in August 2021.

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