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Court of Appeal allows appeal of severity of sentences imposed for manslaughter of teenager shot dead in vehicle with her two friends, and substitutes a sentence of twenty years with final two years and six months suspended, finding that the sentencing judge erred in principle in ostensibly failing to take sufficient account of mitigating factors or give sufficient consideration to the prospect of rehabilitation.
Criminal law – sentencing – appeal of severity of sentence of 20 years' imprisonment imposed for manslaughter – appellant’s dysfunctional background and his difficult history with drug addiction – 20-year sentence imposed by judge was the correct headline sentence for this very serious crime, before taking account of the mitigating factors – failure to clearly identify the extent to which allowance had been made for mitigating factors represented a departure from best practice – sentencing judge did err in principle in relation to the imposition of the 20-year sentence in ostensibly failing to take sufficient account of mitigating factors – ought to have given greater consideration to the prospect of rehabilitation – sentence of 20 years, with final two years and six months suspended, substituted – appeal allowed.
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