Court of Appeal cuts David Burke’s sentence by nine months

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The Court of Appeal reduced David Burke’s sentence for manslaughter by nine months, substituting a ten-year term with the final three years and three months suspended. The change left him with six years and nine months to serve.

The court accepted that Burke was among those most culpable, but ruled the gap between his sentence and Ross Callery’s was too great. It said the difference in their net terms was 18 months, or 25%, and allowed the appeal to address parity between the sentences.