Ann Maguire Killer Appeal Rejected
The 16-year-old boy who murdered Leeds teacher Ann Maguire has lost a challenge to his 20-year minimum term.
The 16-year-old boy who murdered Leeds teacher Ann Maguire has lost a challenge to his 20-year minimum term.
Will Cornick stabbed Mrs Maguire, 61, seven times from behind as she taught a Spanish class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in April last year.
Mrs Maguire had taught there for more than 40 years and was due to retire that September.
In November, at Leeds Crown Court, Mr Justice Coulson told Cornick, who was 15 at the time of the killing, that he must serve at least 20 years before he is eligible to seek parole but warned him: “It's quite possible that day may never come.”
Today, a panel of three judges at the Court of Appeal in London, headed by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, rejected Cornick's appeal against the minimum term, saying that on the disturbing'' facts of the case, the sentencing judge came to “entirely the right decision”.