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The quashing of three teen murderers’ life sentences will allow other youth killers to appeal their sentences, a King’s Counsel says.
Georgia Rose Dickey, Christopher James Brown and Katrina Roma Epiha have all been re-sentenced to finite sentences with a minimum period of imprisonment after a ruling from the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Brown, who was found guilty of murder after a jury trial, and Dickey, who pleaded guilty to murder, both received life sentences with a non-parole period of 10 years for their part in the killing of Jack McAllister near Stadium Southland in Invercargill on June 7, 2017.
Dickey was aged 16 at the time. Brown was 19.
Link to article: Life sentences found to be unjust in court appeal - NZ Herald
