Sentences handed to Brianna Ghey’s evil killers were NOT too soft and will not be reviewed, Attorney General rules
THE sentences of Brianna Ghey’s killers were not too soft and will not be reviewed, the Attorney General has ruled.
Scarlett Jenkinson and pal Eddie Ratcliffe were 15 when they knifed 16-year-old Brianna 28 times in a park.
They were both given life terms for murder in February, with a minimum of 22 years for Jenkinson and 20 for Ratcliffe.
Their cases had been referred to the Attorney General to review under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
But a decision was taken not to refer onwards to the Court of Appeal as the minimum terms were deemed acceptable.
The Attorney General’s Office said: “A referral can only be made if a sentence is not just lenient but unduly so, such that the sentencing judge made a gross error or imposed a sentence outside the range reasonably available in the circumstances of the offence.
“The threshold is a high one, and the test was not met for these sentences.”
Brianna’s dad, Peter Spooner, previously said “no amount of time” was enough for the “monsters”” who killed his daughter.
Jenkinson and Ratcliffe developed an obsession with killing and torture, their trial at Manchester crown court heard.
Judge Mrs Justice Yip said the attack, in Culcheth, Cheshire, last year, was also motivated by transphobic hate.
Ratcliffe has applied for permission to appeal his sentence.