Mark Bridger, the murderer of April Jones, has officially appealed against his whole-life sentence.
Little April Jones, aged just 5 and a sufferer of cerebral palsy, disappeared on the 1st October 2012 after she was seen willingly stepping into a vehicle near her home.
"He's just torturing my family with these legal battles. It's like he's taunting us"
The day after her disappearance, 47-year-old Mark Bridger was charged with child abduction, murder and attempting to pervert the court of justice.
The jury heard how he had killed April in a sexually motivated attack, with child sex abuse images found on his computer, along with images of children from the local area.
April's blood was found in Bridger's cottage, along with a number of knives and fragments of bone consistent with a juvenile human skull.
During the trial, Bridger claimed he had run over April and could not remember where he disposed of her body, leaving her parents with no body to grieve over and no closure.
The judge slammed Bridger for being a "pathological liar" and a "paedophile" before giving him a whole-life jail term.
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And now Bridger has lodged an application for permission to appeal against his sentence, leaving the family of April Jones utterly disgusted.
April's parents Paul and Coral Jones told British newspapers they have been warned by police of Bridger's intention and plan to attend the initial hearing at the Court of Appeal which is scheduled for the new year.
Mrs Jones said: "He's in prison where he belongs and he should stay there.
"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."
Speaking to BBC 5 Live, April Jones's grandmother Linda Smith said: "I really don't think he should have any right to appeal.
"It's a bit of a shock to me. I didn't realise this was happening.
"We would like to move on but it's very difficult when things happen like this. It just brings it all up again."
She added: "I know that the law says he's allowed to do this but I really hope it doesn't happen.
"I don't understand him. If he can't say what has happened I don't see how he can appeal.
"He's just never said, has he? He never will, I don't think."
After a six-month search, just 17 tiny pieces of April's bone were discovered; the little girl's body has, to this day, never been found.