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| April Jones killer Mark Bridger to appeal against sentence | April Jones killer Mark Bridger to appeal against sentence |
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| April Jones' killer Mark Bridger is to appeal against his whole-life sentence. | April Jones' killer Mark Bridger is to appeal against his whole-life sentence. |
| The Judicial Office said the 47-year-old had lodged an application for permission to appeal. | The Judicial Office said the 47-year-old had lodged an application for permission to appeal. |
| Bridger was convicted of murdering five-year-old April at a trial in May and sentenced to life in prison. | Bridger was convicted of murdering five-year-old April at a trial in May and sentenced to life in prison. |
| The schoolgirl went missing from outside her home in Machynlleth on 1 October 2012. Despite the largest police search in British history, her body has never been found. | |
| April's parents Paul and Coral Jones told the Sun newspaper they had been warned by police of Bridger's intention. | |
| They said they planned to attend the initial hearing at the Court of Appeal next month. | |
| Mrs Jones said: "He's in prison where he belongs and he should stay there. | |
| "He's just torturing my family with these legal battles. It's like he's taunting us, like he wants to show he's got the upper hand." | |
| Bridger's trial heard he had killed April in a sexually motivated attack. | |
| Child sex abuse images were found on his computer, along with images of children from the local area. |