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Parents who killed their baby have sentences increased
Klevi Pirjani, 38, and 35-year-old Nivalda Pirjani, were jailed in April
A couple who "fatally battered" their three-month-old son have had their "unduly lenient" sentences for murder increased.
Klevi Pirjani, 38, and 35-year-old Nivalda Pirjani, from Wirral, Merseyside, were sentenced in April to a minimum of 19 years and 15 years in April over the death of their son, 13-week-old Miguel.
The Court of Appeal has now increased Klevi Pirjani's sentence to 21 years and six months, while Nivalda Pirjani will have to serve 17 years and nine months.
Miguel was taken to Alder Hey children's hospital in November 2024. He had severe head injuries and died five days after being admitted.
Miguel was found to have suffered 41 separate bone fractures in at least four separate incidents.
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves, referred their sentences to the Court of Appeal, with barristers for the government arguing that the original sentences did not "meet the justice of this terrible case".
Lord Justice Jeremy Baker, sitting with Mr Justice Goose and Mr Justice Hilliard, said the pair subjected their son to "routine" assaults which increased in severity, and culminated in his "particularly callous" murder.
He said: "We take the view that the resulting sentences significantly underestimated the aggravating factors, to the extent that not only do we consider that the minimum terms were unduly lenient, but that we should set them aside."
Bill Emlyn Jones KC, for the Attorney General, said in written submissions that Miguel's death was caused by an assault by his parents on 24 November 2024, which involved "a heavy blow, or series of blows, to the right side of his head".