
A youth justice campaigner has described a 20-year prison sentence given to a teacher killer as ?too harsh?
Will Cornick will serve at least 20 years for killing Ann Maguire, 61, who was stabbed seven times from behind as she taught a Spanish class at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in April.
Mr Justice Coulson warned Cornick, who was 15 at the time, that he might never be released from prison as he passed sentence at Leeds Crown Court.
In his impact statement, Mrs Maguire?s widower, Don, described the killing as a ?monumental act of cowardice and evil? and said: ?The callous cruelty displayed defies comprehension.?
But Penelope Gibbs, who chairs the Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) umbrella group of charities and campaign groups, said the sentence was too long.
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