A dad who murdered his daughter by twice running over her with his car has had an application to appeal his conviction dismissed.

Nigel Malt, 46, knocked over 19-year-old Lauren Malt outside the home she shared with her mother and siblings at Leete Way, West Winch, near King's Lynn on January 23 last year.

Eastern Daily Press: Lauren MaltLauren Malt (Image: Facebook)He was convicted of murder after a trial that heard he had reversed his Mercedes into her and then driven forward over her body after she tried to protect her boyfriend, Arthur Marnell, who he had threatened with a crowbar.

Malt, previously of Lynn Road, in King's Lynn, had his jail sentence increased to 22 years by the Court of Appeal in December last year after it was deemed his initial 18 year sentence was too lenient.

Eastern Daily Press: Leete Way and Nigel MaltLeete Way and Nigel Malt (Image: Newsquest/Facebook)On Friday (October 20) the case was back in London following an application to appeal his conviction before Her Honour Judge Dihr.

A spokesman for the Court of Appeal said the application for leave to appeal his conviction was refused.

Passing the original sentence in September last year,  Judge Anthony Bate said Malt had used his car as a "lethal weapon" in an "alcohol-fuelled rage in a residential street".

Eastern Daily Press: Judge Anthony BateJudge Anthony Bate (Image: Newsquest)He said Lauren's death had resulted in an enduring sense of loss to her mother and the rest of her family.

The court had heard that Malt ran over his daughter outside the home where she lived with her mother and younger siblings in Leete Way.

He put her body in the passenger side of his Mercedes car and drove to the shop where the girl’s mother, his estranged wife Karen Malt, worked. She was pronounced dead at hospital in King’s Lynn.

In December last year a panel of three judges ruled that significant upwards adjustments to reflect aggravating factors, including the history of coercive and controlling behaviour, had been insufficient meaning the original minimum sentence has been unduly lenient. 

Lord Justice Stuart-Smith said: “We accept that the use of the car as a weapon is a serious aggregating feature as is the fact that the offender deliberately reserved at high speed.”