Outside court, Siobhan Whyte said she was “pleased” with the sentence but added that her family had “a life sentence too” because of Majek’s actions.

“I will hate him till the day I take my last breath,” she said, before adding that love for her daughter was stronger.

Referencing Majek’s immigration status, she urged the government to take tougher action.

“It’s always the undocumented illegal immigrants that are doing this, and it’s not fair, they’re taking over our country,” she said.

“The government needs to stand up and start doing something about it. To stop this pain.”

Rhiannon Whyte’s sister Alex Whyte also spoke on Friday. She told the sentencing hearing in a victim impact statement how she was now raising her late sister’s son, saying it was “unimaginably difficult” to explain to him his mother had died.

“It is no exaggeration to say that his screams will haunt me forever,” she said.

She added that her nephew wanted to be a “brain doctor” so he could save people with injuries like those of his mother.

She had previously described Majek as a “sick, twisted and cowardly human”.

Outside court there were anti-immigration protesters, including far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who left shortly after the sentence was delivered, having addressed some of the crowd.