The Solicitor General succeeded in having an unduly lenient sentence increased in the case of a defendant convicted of six offences including drugs offences (conspiracy), sending malicious communications, blackmail and violence. He was originally sentenced to a total of five years in prison. D, who is 37, was not known to mental health services, but …
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