US EditionAppeal to extend teenage killer's sentence refused
LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, JUL 16 – The Court of Appeal rejected a whole-life order for Nicholas Prosper, maintaining a 49-year minimum term as suitable given his age and the severity of his crimes, judges said.
- On July 17, 2025, the Court of Appeal in London rejected a bid to upgrade 19-year-old Nicholas Prosper's life sentence to a whole-life order for murdering his mother and two siblings in Luton in 2023.
- Prosper committed violent acts against his family using a shotgun he acquired with a fraudulent certificate, and he had devised a plan to carry out a large-scale shooting at the primary school he once attended in order to achieve lasting infamy.
- At the sentencing in April 2024, the judge characterized the murders as savage and noted Prosper’s plan to kill as many as 30 children in a school shooting; meanwhile, neighbors alerted emergency services upon hearing gunfire.
- Barristers argued that imposing a whole-life sentence was appropriate given the severity of the crimes, but the judges ruled that Prosper’s life sentence, which includes a minimum term of 49 years, was already a very harsh penalty for someone of his age and complied with current legal standards.
- The refusal to impose a whole-life order reflects that offenders aged 18 to 20 receive such sentences only in exceptional cases, and Prosper is expected to remain imprisoned until his late 60s at the earliest.
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Triple murderer will not be given whole-life order, Court of Appeal rules
Nicholas Prosper was jailed in March for the murders of his mother, brother and sister in Luton in September 2023. Triple murderer Nicholas Prosper will not be given a whole-life order for the murder of his mother and siblings after a bid to increase his sentence was dismissed at the Court of Appeal. Prosper was jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years in March after he murdered 48-year-old Julianna Falcon, 13-year-old Giselle Prosper and…
Nicholas Prosper: Teenager who murdered his family will not be given whole-life order after appeal dismissed
Nicholas Prosper, 19, from Luton, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years after he pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in February.
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