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Court of Appeal quashes sentence for manslaughter, substitutes new sentence and varies structure of the total sentence applying in respect of this and another offence, on the grounds that the aggregate sentence was unduly lenient and manifestly inadequate in all of the circumstances of the case.
Offences: assault causing harm contrary to s. 3 of Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and separate conviction for manslaughter, committed while on bail for s. 3 offence
Sentences: two and a half years (s. 3 offence) and five years (manslaughter) to run consecutively, with two years of aggregate sentence suspended
Appeal by: prosecution (statutory application)
Outcome: new sentence of seven years substituted for manslaughter offence, with no suspension of the s. 3 sentence but final two years of manslaughter sentence suspended
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