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A TikTok influencer who murdered her mother’s lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase has had the minimum term of her life sentence reduced at the Court of Appeal .

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for at least 31 years and eight months in September 2023 for the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin in February 2022.

Her mother, Ansreen Bukhari, was also convicted and imprisoned for at least 26 years and nine months.

Mahek challenged her sentence earlier this month, when her lawyers told a hearing that the minimum term was "wholly disproportionate".

In a ruling on Friday, Lord Justice Warby, Mr Justice Lavender and Judge Sylvia De Bertodano found Mahek's sentence to be "manifestly excessive" and reduced the minimum term to one of 26 years and 285

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