Alexander Pacteau has lodged an appeal against the minimum 23-year life sentence imposed on him for the the murder of Irish woman Karen Buckley in Glasgow earlier this year.
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He bludgeoned Karen to death in his Ford Focus auto with a heavy spanner.
A spokesman for the court told the publication: “Alexander Pacteau lodged a notice of intention to appeal against the sentence on 16 September 2015”.
The Crown withdrew the charge before his guilty plea and his solicitor John Scullion QC suggested his actions after the killing should not therefore be regarded when considering sentence.
The judge told him: “I regret that the Crown, in withdrawing charge two, has to some extent tied my hands in relation to this sentence”.
Having lodged a note of appeal against the severity of sentence, lawyers for Pacteau must now seek leave to appeal from a single judge of the high court.
“After reflecting on submissions, I have come to the view that I can not ignore your conduct after the killing”.
Pacteau attacked the University of Limerick nurse just minutes after he had offered her a lift home when she left “The Sanctuary” nightclub in Glasgow at 1am on April 12.
He then drove her to nearby Kelvin Way, where he grabbed her neck and delivered about a dozen blows with a spanner.
Her disappearance sparked a city-wide manhunt which culminated four days after she disappeared when her body was found on a remote farm.
However, Pacteau later tried to cover his tracks by dissolving Karen’s body first in a bath and then a barrel of caustic soda.
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Karen’s heartbroken parents, John (62) and Marian (61) Buckley, described Pacteau as “a cowardly, evil murderer”.
