Killers' jail terms 'unduly lenient'published at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 22 November 2016
The minimum jail terms given to two teenage murderers who killed a mother and daughter are to be reviewed for being "unduly lenient".
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The minimum jail terms given to two teenage murderers who killed a mother and daughter are to be reviewed for being "unduly lenient".
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A statement from the Attorney General's office said: "We are unable to provide the details of who referred the case.
"The threshold to refer cases to the Court of Appeal is very high.
"A sentence can only be regarded as unduly lenient if there has been a gross error and it is significantly below the level that any judge could have reasonably imposed after considering the facts of the case."
Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
The court heard the boy, who admitted murder, used a kitchen knife to stab both victims in the neck after attacking them as they slept at their home in Spalding.
His girlfriend, who helped to plan the "cold, calculated and callous" killings, denied murder, claiming to be suffering an abnormality of mental function which impaired her ability to form rational judgments, but was found guilty after a five-day trial.
Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
When he sentenced the teenagers Mr Justice Haddon Cave said the case had "few parallels in modern criminal history".
He told them: "There was remarkable premeditation and planning - it was, on any view, substantial, meticulous and repeated.
"The killings were brutal in the form of executions and both victims, particularly Elizabeth Edwards, must have suffered terribly in the last minutes of their lives.
"Had you been adults you may have been facing the whole of your lives in prison for this double murder."
Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
A spokesman for the Attorney General's office has confirmed the 20 year sentence for two teenagers who killed Elizabeth Edwards and her daughter Katie has been referred "for examination".
The boy and girl, now aged 15, were given life sentences by Mr Justice Haddon-Cave for the murders which they carried out in April this year.
The judge said the pair had a toxic relationship and acted in a grotesque way.
The case was referred to the Attorney General under the unduly lenient sentence scheme and law officers have 28 days to decide if any action should be taken.
Martin Slack
BBC Lincolnshire Live
The 20-year minimum terms handed to a teenage couple - believed to be Britain's youngest double-murderers - for the brutal "executions" of a mother and her daughter in Spalding have been referred to the Attorney General for being "unduly lenient".
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Around 1,000 people are expected to take part in a torchlight procession in Lincoln later.
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