Court asked to extend sentence of Nicholas Prosper
Nicholas Propser, 19, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years for murdering his mother, brother and sister in Luton last year.
The bodies of Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13, were found at their home in the Leabank Court tower block in September.
The government's solicitor general has referred the case to appeal after a Conservative MP argued that Prosper should have received a whole life order instead, which would mean he would never be released from jail.
The Attorney General's office had received a request to consider Prosper's sentence under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
In March, the Conservative shadow justice minister Kieran Mullan questioned why a whole life order was not imposed in a post on X and said he referred the case to the scheme.
An attorney general office's spokesperson said: "I can confirm that the solicitor general has referred Nicholas Prosper's sentence to the Court of Appeal.
"It will be argued that Prosper ought to have been given a whole life order. It is now for the court to decide whether to increase the sentence."
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