A sentence of 5 years penal servitude (2.5 years minimum term) for manslaughter by unlawful and dangerous act involving a knife stabbing in a domestic violence context was manifestly inadequate. The appropriate sentence, accounting for double jeopardy on Crown appeal, was 6 years (3.5 years minimum term). The stabbing must be viewed in its full context, not microscopically, and the sentencing judge's characterisation of the unlawful and dangerous act was contested but ultimately the majority found the overall sentence inadequate regardless.
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