‘Grossly inadequate’: families call for longer sentence over deaths of pregnant Queensland woman and her partner
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#606S7)
Attorney general Shannon Fentiman awaiting legal advice about the possibility of an appeal
A Queensland teenager who struck and killed a couple in a stolen car while he was drunk and affected by drugs could have his sentence appealed.
The families of victims Matthew Field, 37, and his pregnant partner, Kate Leadbetter, 31, said the 10-year jail sentence handed to the 18-year-old was grossly inadequate".
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