Stuart Layden was convicted in 2013 of murdering Ian Church outside a Great Yarmouth pub in May 2012, and was handed a mandatory life sentence with a minimum jail term of 13 years.

The Court of Appeal overturned the conviction in 2015 and ordered a retrial, after which Layden was jailed again until Court of Appeal judges quashed his conviction a second time, in 2023.

He then spent 18 months on bail before Supreme Court judges restored his conviction last month.

Ian Church who died in Great Yarmouth after an attack May 5, 2012 (Image: Norfolk Constabulary)

Lawyers representing Layden argued that his time spent on bail should be deducted from the overall sentence.

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