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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

Why did Zara Aleena’s murderer have his minimum term reduced?

PA Media

The judge who originally sentenced Zara Aleena’s murderer was wrong to increase his minimum prison term based on “inordinate suffering” of the law graduate, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

On Friday, Jordan McSweeney had the minimum term of his life sentence reduced from 38 to 33 years for sexually assaulting and killing Ms Aleena in Ilford, east London, in 2022.

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