By Rex Martinich AAP

A teenager has been jailed for 16 years over Vyleen White’s “cowardly and callous” murder.

The teenager, who didn’t hesitate before fatally stabbing a grandmother in front of a young girl, was sentenced today over the horrendous murder that sparked landmark law reforms.

Vyleen White was murdered by the boy, then aged 16, in a car park at Redbank Plains shopping centre in February 2024.

The 70-year-old’s death was a catalyst for the Queensland Liberal National government’s controversial “adult crime, adult time” laws, ensuring juveniles face at least 20 years in custody for murder.

However they are not retroactive, meaning the teen was sentenced under Queensland’s previous laws after earlier pleading guilty to murder.

Chief Justice Helen Bowskill described the boy

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