Article 606S7 ‘Grossly inadequate’: families call for longer sentence over deaths of pregnant Queensland woman and her partner

‘Grossly inadequate’: families call for longer sentence over deaths of pregnant Queensland woman and her partner

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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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