The Court of Appeal has dismissed Eddie Ratcliffe's appeal to reduce his sentence for the murder of Brianna Ghey. Ratcliffe, 17, was sentenced to life imprisonment after stabbing the 16-year-old victim 28 times with a hunting knife in Cheshire. The appeal claimed the original sentence did not consider Ratcliffe's age and maturity adequately, but the court found the arguments to be on a false premise.
One of Brianna Ghey 's killers has had a bid to challenge the length of his sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal.
Lawyers for Ratcliffe lodged an appeal to have the length of his sentence reduced, claiming the judge failed to 'sufficiently' take into account his age and maturity when deciding his sentence. Ratcliffe, who attended the hearing in London via a video link dressed in a dark suit, shirt and tie, showed no emotion as the appeal bid was dismissed, with his mother present in court.Richard Littler KC, for Ratcliffe, earlier told the court that his sentence was 'wrongly and artificially elevated' and was 'far too high', adding that the judge had failed to take into account his age and maturity.
Deanna Heer KC, for the CPS, said that Ratcliffe's attitude towards Brianna was 'dehumanising' and that the killing involved 'sadistic conduct', adding that the sentence was not 'manifestly excessive'. Jurors were told that the two killers were intelligent, 'high-functioning' and came from normal backgrounds, but had a fascination for violence, torture and murder and a 'thirst for killing'.
The pair discussed the murder for weeks, detailed in Jenkinson's handwritten murder plan and phone messages found by detectives.
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