Judges increase Lindstrom's sentence (AAP)

Swedish-born waitress Charlotte Lindstrom has had her jail term increased for soliciting a Sydney hitman to murder two witnesses. Increasing her minimum term from two to three years, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has upheld a challenge by the crown, which had argued her sentence was too lenient. The three judges increased her maximum term from three years and 10 months to four years and nine months. Lindstrom, 23, who was not present in court for the decision, had pleaded guilty to soliciting a hitman to murder two witnesses due to give evidence at her then boyfriend's... [read full story]