Update – Killer of Andrew Young may have sentence increased as referred to Court of Appeal

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12 years ago

Dorset, UK – Andrew Young, 40, who had Asperger’s syndrome was killed by Lewis Gill, 20 who delivered a single punch in an unprovoked attack outside Tesco Metro situated on Charminster Road, Bournemouth, back in November 2013. Mr Young suffered a serious head injury and died in Southampton Hospital.

We last reported on the story here. Gill was given a four and a half year jail sentence but it now appears that this may be increased, the case has been referred to the Court of Appeal.

The Telegraph report that a spokeperson at the Attorney General’s Office told:

”Having carefully reviewed this case, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, has decided to refer the sentence of Lewis Gill to the Court of Appeal for review.

‘The case will, in due course, be heard by three Court of Appeal judges who will decide whether they should increase the sentence.”

The case will be listed within the next 7 weeks at the Court of Appeal.

The ToMo News made the following report. *WARNING the video shows graphic CCTV footage of the incident.