‘Unduly lenient’ jail term for killing during sex considered for appeal

Harriet Harman has written to attorney general to say Sam Pybus sentence fails to reflect gravity of crime'

The attorney general's office is considering whether to appeal against the jail term of four years and eight months handed to a man who choked his lover to death during sex.

Labour's Harriet Harman, who chairs parliament's joint committee on human rights, wrote to the attorney general to complain about the unduly lenient" sentence handed on Tuesday to Sam Pybus for the manslaughter of Sophie Moss, a vulnerable 33-year-old.