Man who drowned and dismembered priest has sentence doubled

A TEENAGER who drowned a retired clergyman and dismembered his body had the minimum term he must spend in custody for the murder doubled yesterday.

Three senior judges in London’s Court of Appeal ruled that Christopher Hunnisett, now 19, from Hastings, East Sussex, who was convicted last year of the murder of 81-year-old the Rev Ronald Glazebrook, must serve a minimum of 11 years before he can be considered for parole.

Lord Justice Kennedy, sitting with Mr Justice Pitchers and Michael Wright, agreed with submissions made on behalf of the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith QC, that the minimum term of five-and-a half years fixed by the trial judge was “unduly lenient”.