A man who broke into the home of a British woman in Australia and fatally stabbed her will now be eligible for early release after appealing against his sentence.

Emma Lovell, 41, emigrated to Australia from Suffolk in 2011 with her husband Lee and their two daughters.

She was killed in North Lakes, Queensland, on Boxing Day in 2022 while fending off two teenage intruders.

Her attacker, who cannot be named because he was under 18 at the time of the attack, was sentenced to 14 years in prison last year after pleading guilty to her murder.

On Friday, the man appealed against his sentence with the Queensland Court of Appeal ruling in his favour, reducing the amount of time he will spend behind bars.

The three judges found his sentence "manifestly excessive" and said his early guilt

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