Karen Buckley’s killer opts not to appeal length of sentence

The man who murdered Irish nurse Karen Buckley has dropped his appeal against the length of his sentence.
Karen Buckley’s killer opts not to appeal length of sentence

Alexander Pacteau, 21, murdered Ms Buckley, 24, within half an hour of meeting her outside the Sanctuary nightclub in Glasgow in the early hours of April 12. Having offered Ms Buckley a lift home, he beat her to death with a spanner in his parked car.

Pacteau pleaded guilty last August to Ms Buckley’s murder and, on September 8, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 23 years.

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