Emma Lovell: teenager who murdered British woman in Queensland home invasion has sentence reduced on appeal
Briefly

A teenager who murdered Emma Lovell during a home invasion in Queensland had his detention time reduced by nearly 18 months following a successful appeal. He will now serve a minimum of about eight years and four months instead of approximately nine years and nine months. Queensland's attorney general, Deb Frecklington, criticized the appeal outcome as unacceptable, citing weak laws from the previous government. The crime has led to new laws allowing youth offenders to face stricter penalties, reflecting community demands for justice following Lovell's murder.
The boy, who cannot be named as he was aged 17 at the time of the offences, fatally stabbed Emma Lovell in the heart after he broke into her family's house north of Brisbane about 11.30pm on Boxing Day in 2022.
After a successful appeal on Friday, the teen will now serve a minimum of about eight years and four months in detention instead of about nine years and nine months before he is released under supervision.
The appeal was an unacceptable outcome and claimed it was caused by the previous Labor government's weak laws.
The murder of Emma Lovell rocked the state and Queenslanders made it very clear enough is enough and change needed to occur.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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