Teen murderer loses appeal against life sentence with review
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A teenager who pleaded guilty last year to murdering his friend Glen "Ossie" Osborne has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence of life imprisonment with a review after ten years.
James Dwyer SC for the 17-year-old, who can't be named because he is a minor, had argued before the three-judge Court of Appeal that the sentencing judge, Mr Justice Paul McDermott, did not give enough consideration to his client's remorse, his early guilty plea and his efforts at rehabilitation. Counsel said that another teenager who was found guilty of a planned and unprovoked murder and who showed no remorse, received the same sentence as his client. Mr Dwyer further submitted that the sentencing judge had placed too much emphasis on aggravating factors, including that the accused brought the knife to the scene.