Inga Ozolina sentenced to five years for manslaughter, with one year suspended

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Inga Ozolina was sentenced to five years in prison, with one year suspended, after a jury found her not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter in the death of Audrius Pukas. The sentence was backdated to May 29, 2019, when she entered custody.

The judge said the jury had accepted that the killing was in self-defence but that the self-defence was excessive. He set a seven-year headline sentence, then reduced it to five years in light of mitigating factors including Ozolina’s good character, employer references and low likelihood of reoffending.