Jordan McSweeney wins a challenge at the Court of Appeal over the length of his 38-year sentence.
Murderer Jordan McSweeney succeeds in reducing minimum from 38 years to 33 years.
McSweeney, who refused to attend his sentencing hearing, had his minimum term of life sentence cut from 38 to 33 years by Court of Appeal judges.
In a ruling on Friday, three judges at the appeal court in London allowed McSweeney's appeal, finding that the sentencing judge had imposed too high an โupliftโ ...
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Jordan McSweeney refused to appear in the dock for his initial sentencing in December.
Jordan McSweeney killed the 35-year-old law graduate as she walked home from a night out in Ilford, east London, early on June 26 2022. | ITV National News.
Her killer was handed a 38 year minimum term sentence last December after admitting to Ms Aleena's murder and sexual assault. Ms Aleena's aunt, Farah Naz, to ...
The move sends out a message that "women's suffering won't be accounted for", Zara's aunt says.
Farah Naz 'extremely disappointed' by decision to cut Jordan McSweeney's minimum prison term from 38 years to 33.
THE AUNT of murdered law student Zara Aleena is begging for a law change after her killer won a bid to slash his sentence.Jordan McSweeney had been re.
The move sends out a message that "women's suffering won't be accounted for", Zara's aunt says.
Zara Aleena, a 35-year-old law graduate, was sexually assaulted and murdered as she walked home from a night out in Ilford early on June 26, 2022 by Jordan ...
Farah Naz said her family were "extremely disappointed" by the decision to reduce Jordan McSweeney's minimum prison term. | ITV News London.