Sophie Moss killer's sentence should not be increased, court rules

Sam Pybus was jailed for less than five years after choking Moss to death during sex in February The court of appeal has declined to increase the sentence of a man jailed for less than five years after choking a woman to death during sex. Sam Pybus admitted the manslaughter of Sophie Moss after he applied "prolonged" pressure to her neck at her home in Darlington in the early hours of 7 February.