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Paedophile killer's sentence extended Paedophile killer Sarah Sands' sentence extended
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Woman who stabbed paedophile to death in east London has three-and-a-half-year jail term more than doubled A woman who stabbed a paedophile to death in east London has had her three-and-a-half-year jail sentence more than doubled.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Sarah Sands, 32, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Michael Pleasted, 77, after learning he had been charged with sexually assaulting young boys.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. He was stabbed eight times and bled to death, the trial heard.
The Court of Appeal ruled the sentence was too lenient and increased it to seven-and-a-half years.
Sands was found guilty of his death by reason of loss of control.
Pleasted, who had previous convictions, was on bail awaiting trial when he was killed at his Canning Town flat in east London.
The original case heard the mother-of-five, who was cleared of murder, had originally befriended Pleasted and taken him food.
However, when she found out his past she armed herself with a knife and carried out a "determined and sustained attack" at his flat.
Twenty-four convictions
After handing herself in, Sands told a police officer the victim had touched some children "so I took care of it - I stabbed him".
Sands' sentence was referred by the Attorney General after 30 members of the public complained about its original length, decided by Judge Nicholas Cooke QC.
At the time he took into account the fact she was a mother, had shown remorse and had never denied the killing.
But the three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal ruled that because Sands had taken a knife with her when she went to Pleasted's flat it meant the starting point for sentencing should have been 10 years.
Mitigating factors reduced it to seven-and-a-half years.
Pleasted, who also went by the name of Robin Moult, had 24 previous convictions for sexual offences spanning three decades.