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Tracey Hanson, who campaigns on improving the right to challenge an unduly lenient sentence, is an extraordinary woman. She is a bereaved mother who had been let down by the justice system. Her son, Josh, was tragically murdered in 2015. The offender absconded, resulting in an international manhunt. After three years on the run the offender was finally caught and sentenced, in 2019, to prison for a minimum of 26 years. Tracey was left angry at a sentence that she felt did not reflect the loss of a life, the harm and distress caused to her and her family, and the resources wasted in tracking the offender. Despite making clear her frustration with the sentence, not one agency made Tracey aware that she had the right to refer the case under the ULS scheme.