A baby's killer got 13 years. The court just made it longer. 💔
📅 10 November 2026
Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of the man who murdered 11-month-old Hunter McGleenon in 2019 — from 13 years to 16 years.
The killer pleaded guilty in 2022 after a last-minute confession, and the trial judge set a 13-year tariff. The Director of Public Prosecutions argued the sentence was unduly lenient — the court agreed, saying the proper tariff should have been 20 years, but settled on 16 because of the guilty-plea indication he had been given. Hunter's family had campaigned for the increase.
A baby murdered — should the minimum be 16 years, or far longer? 👇