A sentence of 12 years' imprisonment for manslaughter by stabbing of an unarmed intruder was manifestly excessive where comparable cases ranged from 9 to 11 years. Residual schizophrenia causing impaired judgment is more than a slight mitigating factor where the offender has no real history of violence and the offence involved a gross over-reaction.
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