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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Audrey Liza M. Nolasco

UK Judges Reject Longer Sentences for Teens Who Brutally Stabbed Man to Death in Racist Attack

UK judges have refused to increase the prison terms for two teenagers convicted of fatally stabbing Kamran Aman in an unprovoked racist attack (Credit: Kat Wilcox/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

UK appeal judges have formally rejected a legal challenge seeking longer prison terms for two teenagers convicted of the racially motivated murder of Kamran Aman.

The Court of Appeal concluded that the original minimum sentences of 17 and 15 years handed to Marcus Staniforth and his younger co-defendant were not unduly lenient, despite the horrific nature of the unprovoked attack in Barry, South Wales.

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