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Why did the Court of Appeal refuse to change the sentences of the killers of Pc Harper?

December 17, 2020 thesecretbarrister Judiciary, Lawsplaining, Politics, Sentencing

Following the Court of Appeal handing down judgment yesterday in the appeals against sentence by the killers of Pc Andrew Harper, and the Attorney General’s application to refer the sentences as unduly lenient, I posted the below thread, looking at what the judgment means.

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