The family of a British woman murdered during an invasion on her Australian home have been left 'broken' by the teen killer's sentence being reduced by almost 18 months on appeal.
The boy, who cannot be named as he was aged 17 at the time of the offences, fatally stabbed Emma Lovell in the heart after he broke into her family house in North Lakes, north of Brisbane, at about 11.30pm on Boxing Day in 2022.
Following a successful appeal on Friday, the teen will now serve a minimum of about eight years and four months in detention instead of about nine years and nine months before he is released under supervision.
Victims of youth crime ambassador Lyndy Atkinson, who had worked with the Lovells since before the original sentencing, said the family now felt additional trauma.
'They are a broken family ... (the teen defendant) will be able to get out and live his best life,' she said.
