An Australian teenager who murdered a British woman after breaking into her Queensland home has had his reduced sentence overturned in court. Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed to death in Brisbane when she confronted two intruders on Boxing Day in 2022. Originally from Suffolk, Lovell moved to Australia in 2011 where she lived with her two daughters and husband. On Wednesday, the High Court of Australia quashed the reduced sentence, ruling it was "not open" to the Court of Appeal to "interfere" with the original decision. Speaking shortly after the court ruling was announced on Wednesday, Emma Lovell's husband Lee said it was "some validation that Emma's life did matter," adding that his eldest daughter was "pretty pleased" with the result.