THE youngest daughter of a Fearnhead man kicked to death by teenage thugs in front of his family has tearfully told the Prime Minister the law is not tough enough on criminals.

Amy Newlove, aged 14, confronted Gordon Brown on what would have been her dad Garry’s 50th birthday on Friday.

The doting dad-of-three was battered to death outside his home by a gang of drunken teenage yobs after he challenged them about vandalising his wife’s car.

His murder in August 2007 sparked a national debate about teenage violence and binge drinking.

Amy, who was then 12, witnessed the attack. She welled up with tears and had to compose herself as she spoke to the PM during a question-and-answer session with a live audience in Manchester.

In the audience with mum Helen, the teenager said it was wrong that the thugs who murdered her dad were given life sentences but also a minimum tariff setting out the number of years they will serve.

She said: “Every day I cry all day. It is hard for me as I was only 12 when I witnessed my dad’s murder.

“Isn’t it about time you made sure the law and sentences were a lot tougher?”

Mr Brown said her dad was a courageous man and that sentences had got tougher under Labour.

“The Government don’t tell judges what sentence to impose but we have given judges and courts the power to have indefinite sentences so people can be in prison indefinitely,” he said.

The Prime Minister, speaking at the event organised by radio station Key 103, said crime had fallen but there were now more people in prison, which showed sentences had got tougher.

He added: “In the longer term, neighbourhood policing is the better thing for all of us. We want to see a visible presence on our streets.”

Adam Swellings, now 21, from Crewe, was jailed for life for the murder of Mr Newlove, with a recommendation he serve a minimum 17 years.

Stephen Sorton, now 19, of Honister Avenue, was also given life with a minimum 15 years and Jordan Cunliffe, now 18, of Rowland Close, was sentenced to life with a minimum 12 years.