The life sentence tariff handed to the “highly sexualised” murderer of dog walker Claire Knights is to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal.

KentOnline can exclusively reveal that the minimum term of 25 years and 183 days imposed on Harrison Lawrence Van-Pooss by Mr Justice Garnham at Canterbury Crown Court in February this year has been referred under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.

It means the killer faces having to spend more years behind bars before he can apply for parole.

At his two-day sentencing hearing, Ms Knights's friends and family heard harrowing details of how she was ambushed as she strolled with her Springer spaniel in Minnis Bay, Birchington, on August 23, 2023.

Lawrence Van-Pooss, a 21-year-old former pub chef from Margate, subjected the talented artist fro

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