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Rex Martinich

'Insult': appeal upsets slain grandmother's family

The teenager who murdered 70-year-old grandmother Vyleen White has appealed against his sentence. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A teenager who killed a grandmother and triggered landmark youth justice laws has appealed his sentence, devastating the victim's family.

An advocate on Tuesday said the boy's appeal was an insult to Vyleen White's traumatised family and there would be community outrage if the original sentence was not upheld.

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