A46 crash murderer gets her sentence reduced on appeal

TIKTOK INFLUENCER'S AGE AND IMMATURITY SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE WEIGHT IN SENTENCING

- By STAFF REPORTER

A woman who murdered her mother's lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase has had the minimum term of her life sentence reduced at the Court of Appeal.

Mahek Bukhari, pictured, was jailed for at least 31 years and eight months in September 2023, for her involvement in the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in February 2022.

Her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, was also convicted and imprisoned for at least 26 years and nine months.

Mahek challenged her sentence at the Court of Appeal this month, when her lawyers told a hearing the minimum term was "wholly disproportionate".

In a ruling on Friday, Lord Justice Warby, Mr Justice Lavender and Judge Sylvia De Bertodano found her sentence to be "manifestly excessive" and reduced the minimum term to one of 26 years and 285 days.

Reading a summary of the ruling in court, Lord Justice Warby said: "The judge did not make enough allowance for the fact that this appellant was an immature 22-year-old at the time of these offences."

A trial at Leicester Crown Court heard that the murders followed Ansreen's unsuccessful attempts to break off her affair with Mr Hussain.