The evil killers of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes could die behind bars in a bid to toughen up their current sentences. The six-year-old suffered systematic abuse at the hands of his stepmother Emma Tustin and dad Thomas Hughes before he was murdered in June 2020.
Triple murderer could have sentence increased after review
13.04.2022 - 14:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Jordan Monaghan is set to have his sentence reviewed for being "unduly lenient" after he was convicted of three murders.
The 31-year-old was jailed for life with a minimum term of 40 years after being found guilty of murdering his two children, 24-day-old Ruby and 21-month-old Logan, and partner Evie Adams, 27, in three different incidents. He was also convicted of attempting to kill another child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on two separate occasions.
However, the Attorney General's office has now confirmed his sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal to determine whether the minimum term handed down to Monaghan by Mr Justice Goose last December is long enough, reports Lancs Live. Monaghan, of Belgrave Close in Blackburn, denied the three murders during a ten week trial at Preston Crown Court.
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He claimed his children had died from natural causes in 2013, and said his partner took her own life in 2019. A jury heard evidence stating Monaghan had actually smothered his newborn daughter to death on New Year's Day in 2013, just hours after she was discharged from hospital with a common chest complaint.
They were then told how Monaghan smothered his 21-month-old son Logan in his buggy just eight months later, after a trip to Waves Waterpark in Blackburn, hearing that he'd killed the children to try and save his relationship with their mother Laura Grey after the pair split up twice - once when Logan had to be taken to hospital after swallowing paracetamol before Ruby was born, and again when Monaghan's gambling addiction was revealed.
Further evidence came to light in January 2018, and Lancashire Police reviewed the
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