Mylesha Tihema was 18 when in 2020 she was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years for her part in the murder of Pierclaudio Raviola three years earlier. Three people found guilty of murdering Christchurch man Pierclaudio Raviola in 2017 – including a mentally-impaired girl who was 15 at the time, and her mother – have had their appeals against conviction dismissed. Her daughter Mylesha Tihema, who was 15 at the time of the murder, suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome disorder (FASD), caused by mothers drinking during pregnancy and their child being exposed to alcohol before they are born. Supplied Pierclaudio Raviola was found with serious head injuries in a car park near Sumner. Mylesha’s appeal against her sentence will be considered at a later date, due to other pending decisions about sentences for murders committed by young people.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2022 22:01 UTC