Man who killed Zara Aleena wins appeal over minimum term of life sentence

Murderer Jordan McSweeney succeeds in reducing minimum from 38 years to 33 years

The man convicted of the brutal sexually motivated murder" of the law graduate Zara Aleena has had his minimum term in prison cut after a successful appeal attempt.

Jordan McSweeney, 29, pleaded guilty last year to the murder and sexual assault of Aleena in Ilford, east London, in the early hours as she was walking home.