Appealing against the term, Couzens' lawyers argued he deserved 'decades in jail' but said a whole-life term was excessive
After this conviction, police investigated the 2010 death of Stewart's wife, Diane Stewart, 47, and in February he was found guilty of her murder.
The double murderer's appeal against the whole-life term was reviewed by the five senior judges and has been reduced.Couzens and Stewart were among five notorious killers whose sentences were reviewed., also had their sentences reviewed, along with triple murderer Jordan Monaghan. Judges increased Hughes' sentence by three years, to 24 years, while Tustin's has remained unchanged.The pair had appealed against the length of their sentences - which were also referred to appeal court judges for being unduly lenient.
The boy, from Solihull, West Midlands, was poisoned, starved and beaten by Tustin, 32, and Hughes, 29, in a prolonged campaign of abuse.Monaghan was handed three mandatory life sentences and ordered to serve a minimum term of 40 years at Preston Crown Court in December after he murdered two of his children and his new partner.
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