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Lewis Gill: Attorney general may review Bournemouth punch death sentence | |
(35 minutes later) | |
The attorney general is considering whether to review the four-year sentence given to a man who killed another man with a single punch. | |
Andrew Young, 40, suffered a head injury and died in hospital after the assault in Bournemouth in 2013. | Andrew Young, 40, suffered a head injury and died in hospital after the assault in Bournemouth in 2013. |
Lewis Gill, of Sutton, south London, admitted manslaughter and was jailed at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday. | Lewis Gill, of Sutton, south London, admitted manslaughter and was jailed at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday. |
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said the attorney general was considering seeking a longer sentence. | |
He called it a "repugnant crime", adding: "I think most of the public will feel justice hasn't been done." | He called it a "repugnant crime", adding: "I think most of the public will feel justice hasn't been done." |
"In a case where [the attorney general] judges the sentence to be too lenient, he can go back to the courts and seek a longer sentence," Mr Grayling said. | |
"He may chose to do this in that case." | |
'Lean sentence' | |
Dorset Police described the killing outside a Tesco Express store in Charminster Road as a "violent attack on an innocent man". | Dorset Police described the killing outside a Tesco Express store in Charminster Road as a "violent attack on an innocent man". |
CCTV showed Mr Young, who had Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - apparently challenging Gill's friend who was cycling on the pavement. | CCTV showed Mr Young, who had Asperger's syndrome - a form of autism - apparently challenging Gill's friend who was cycling on the pavement. |
Moments later, Gill, 20, who was walking along behind, was shown punching Mr Young in the face. | |
Mr Young fell backwards and hit his head on the ground. | |
Conservative MP David Davies told the Daily Mail: "That's an outrageously lean sentence. In two years he will be out walking the streets after taking somebody's life. | |
"He has attacked someone unprovoked and should be properly punished. | |
"People need to realise if you punch someone like that, and they fall backward, they can die." | |
Gill, who carried out the assault on 6 November, had an extra six months added to his sentence after admitting an unrelated charge of handling stolen goods and breaching a suspended sentence order. |