THE family of an aspiring teenage model murdered in the street as she tried to break up a fight say there has been a 'failure of justice' after her killer was granted a second cut in her jail term.

Samantha Madgin was only 18 and mother of a newborn son when she was stabbed through the heart by 15-year-old Jordan Lucinda Jobson in August 2007.

Jobson was convicted of murder and jailed for at least 15 years in 2008.

The minimum term was reduced on appeal to 12 years later that year - and today (Monday, October 20) it was cut again to 11 years.

Mr Justice Wilkie recognised that, in cutting Jobson's minimum term, Miss Madgin's mum Alison would deem her daughter to have been failed by the system.

"She expresses the view that the justice system is failing them, and making Samantha's life unworthy."

After Jobson was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court, Alison Madgin said: "This killer should never be allowed to walk the streets again, as we truly believe she is a danger to society."

Samantha died after suffering ten knife wounds after clashing with Jobson - high on a cocktail of vodka and cocaine - in an alley in Wallsend, North Tyneside .

It had been the first night out that Ms Madgin, from Wallsend, had had with friends since the birth of her son Callum ten weeks before.

But Mr Justice Wilkie said Jobson, of Walker, Newcastle, was a young offender led into drug and alcohol use by an older boyfriend.

Since being jailed, she had gained qualifications in literacy, numeracy, hairdressing, file management and administration skills and was hoping to take an A-level.

Her lawyers argued that her exceptional progress justified an earlier chance of parole.

Giving judgment, the judge said: "I have given considerable and anxious weight to the concerns expressed by Alison Madgin on her own and her family's behalf.

"The length of the minimum term does not, in any way, seek to reflect the worth of Samantha Madgin's life."

"She (Jobson) was a wild and immature 15-year-old, in a violent relationship with a drug dealer, who had turned her into a regular cocaine user.

"She is now a young adult who shows every sign of being mature, highly motivated and responsible, not only for her own future, but able to take responsibility for others. She has also expressed a clear understanding of the impact of her actions on her victims."

He cut her minimum term to 11 years, meaning Jobson can apply for release on August 9, 2018.