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Alan Street's killers to appeal against sentences
1:44pm Friday 5th February 2010 in
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- By Sam Chadderton » Reporter
THE killers of Alan Street have launched appeals against their sentences.
Peter Leonard, 52, formerly of Trinity Street, Oswaldtwistle, and Allan Palmer, 44, formerly of Stockbridge Road, Padiham, are currently serving life sentences with a minimum of 28 years and 25 years respectively.
Leonard was found guilty of the horrific murder of Mr Street, from Oswaldtwistle, following a five week trial in October last year. Palmer pleaded guilty ahead of the trial.
Palmer, who lured convicted rapist Mr Street, 26, back to his house in December 2008, and Leonard, who was said to have a long-standing grudge against his victim, have both lodged appeals.
A spokesman for the Court of Appeal in London confirmed they had received notification of the appeal from Leonard in November and Palmer in December, from Preston Crown Court.
A spokesman for Forbes, which is handling Leonard’s case, declined to comment.
The appeal process can take between six and nine months before it is listed to be heard in open court.
Mr Street was punched, kicked, stamped on and tortured with a pair of scissors and wooden pole.
Co-defendant Kieron Davidson, 21, who was Palmer’s lodger, was given eight years for manslaughter. He has not lodged an appeal.
Comments(9)
mys
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10:17pm Fri 5 Feb 10
disgusted tunbridge wells
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10:54pm Fri 5 Feb 10
superheavy
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8:46am Sat 6 Feb 10
DaveBurnley
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10:38am Sun 7 Feb 10
superheavy wrote:You're quite right and that can happen, but in this case with the length of their sentences they will probably die in jail anyway.
what they should do is, if the appeall fails is add another10 years to his sentance
Appealing might reduce it by a few years, in any case as 'disgusted' points out, the taxpayers will pick up the bill.
nickyj
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10:41am Mon 8 Feb 10
if being asleep in bed and getting a phonecall in the middle of the night makes you guilty of murder then tere is something sadly wrong with how people condem innocent people.
everyone is so quick to judge.
if you had sat in court you'd know just like the papers do that it was a pure joke and if thats how this country finds innocent people guilty no wonder the jails are over crowded.
im more concerned that a murderer walked free from court.
n shaw
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11:56am Wed 10 Feb 10
Black Clio Guy.
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12:25pm Fri 26 Feb 10
nickyj
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6:59am Tue 2 Mar 10
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9:04pm Fri 5 Feb 10