Six men were jailed for life today for the abduction, rape and murder of Mary Ann Leneghan in Reading in Berkshire last May.
Adrian Thomas, 20, Michael Johnson, 19, and brothers Jamaile and Joshua Morally, 22 and 23, were told they would each serve a minimum of 27 years.
Llewellyn Adams, 24, and Indrit Krasniqi, 18, were told they must serve at least 23 years.
Mary-Ann, whose father is from Co Mayo, and an 18-year-old friend who cannot be named for legal reasons were abducted near the schoolgirl's home in Reading in the early hours of May 7 last year.
The two teenagers were bundled into a car boot and driven to a tiny hotel room where they were subjected to an ordeal, which a senior prosecutor later likened to the horror of war crimes.
Mary-Ann was stabbed to death. Her friend was shot in the head but survived.
A jury at Reading Crown Court last month found all six men guilty of Mary-Ann's murder and the attempted killing of her friend as well as a string of other charges including kidnap and assault. Some were convicted of rape.
The judge today said the gang treated their victims as 'bait' and subjected them to acts of 'gratuitous torture' and 'gross sexual abuse'.
Mary-Ann's family have welcomed the life sentences given to six men convicted of her murder in Britain.
Speaking outside the Court Mary-Ann's uncle, Charles Harris, said justice has been done.
