Record number of criminals have sentences increased

Sex offenders among 141 people given tougher punishment last year under Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, which lets public appeal to attorney general A record number of criminals have had their sentences increased after victims and their families complained that they had been treated too leniently. Arsonists, sex offenders and two men found guilty of child neglect were among those to be sent to prison after initially being handed a community sentence, with a total of 141 criminals given a tougher...