A light manslaughter sentence

An interesting case of manslaughter when Conrad Gray got 25 months for manslaughter. He has parole eligibility after just nine months, so seems a light sentence.

The manslaughter was he pushed the victim to the ground in an altercation and the victim hit his head on a pole and died of a brain bleed and skull fracture.

If one takes just the shove, then a light sentence is arguably appropriate but when you look at all the other circumstances, to me it seems light. They are:

  • He left the unconscious victim alone
  • He tried to create a fake alibi and lied to the Police
  • He has 61 previous convictions and 34 sentences of imprisonment.
  • The offence occurred while he was on

The previous offending and offending while on bail got an uplift of just three months. would have thought 61 previous convictions would count for more than that.

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