Zara Aleena family angry as killer's sentence cut

The family of Zara Aleena have hit out at a move to reduce her killer's sentence, saying they are "extremely disappointed".Her aunt Farah Naz said it sends a message sent to women that "their suffering won't be accounted for".Ms Naz told BBC Breakfast: "Even though the ruling appears to align with an established sentencing framework, there are questions that arise for us.

She questioned why the appeal judges had overruled the sentence handed down by the original trial judge "who was involved with the case for over six months".McSweeney had admitted murder and sexual assault but refused to attend his sentencing hearing last December, when the original tariff and a mandatory life sentence were imposed.

His brutal attack on the 35-year-old law gradate on Cranbrook Road in Ilford lasted nine minutes and resulted in her suffering 46 separate injuries.During the appeal hearing, his barrister George Carter-Stephenson KC had argued that the sentencing judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, had wrongly factored in the "aggravating features" in the case.

Mr Carter-Stephenson said it was accepted there was a sexual motive to the crime, but argued the murder itself was not premeditated."He was looking for an opportunity for his sadistic expression and it is that which they've now excluded."She said that McSweeney had "spat in the face of the law" by his refusal to participate in the original legal proceedings.

"He gets the law to stand up for him and exercise his right. Surely somebody who has such a disdain for the law should not be given that right," she said.Zara Aleena was killed walking back from a night out by a sexual predator, only recently released from prison, labelled a "danger to any woman".

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