Juvenile murder sentence rule doesn't breach human rights, says Supreme Court

Image source, Norfolk Police Image caption, Jesse Quaye (left) and Ayomindy Bile were sentenced to serve a minimum of 15 years for murder

Home and legal correspondent Published 46 minutes ago Scrapping a law that could have shortened a man's prison sentence because he committed murder as a child was not a breach of human rights, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Jesse Quaye, then 17, and Ayomindy Bile, then 15, murdered Connor Barrett in Hemsby, Norfolk in 2014 - leading to both being jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years.

But a later change in the law meant Quaye could not ask for a review of that minimum term, because he had turned 18 before he was sentenced.