TikTok influencer's double murder sentence reduced at Court of Appeal

Original 31-year term 'manifestly excessive'

- Sentinel Reporter

A TIKTOK influencer 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, who lived with her mum at George Eardley Close, in Tunstall, 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, below from top, 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 earlier this month, when her lawyers told a hearing that the minimum term was ‘wholly disproportionate’

Now 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.”