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| Two more years for pool killers | Two more years for pool killers |
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| Two men who forced a boy into a flooded clay pit and watched him drown have had two more years added to their sentences by the Court of Appeal. | Two men who forced a boy into a flooded clay pit and watched him drown have had two more years added to their sentences by the Court of Appeal. |
| Christopher Lewis, 23 and Marvin Walker, 21, were originally jailed for five-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of Shane Owoo. | Christopher Lewis, 23 and Marvin Walker, 21, were originally jailed for five-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of Shane Owoo. |
| The 16-year-old's body was recovered from Lunt Pool in Bilston, West Midlands, on 30 September 2007. | The 16-year-old's body was recovered from Lunt Pool in Bilston, West Midlands, on 30 September 2007. |
| The Court of Appeal judges said the original sentence was "unduly lenient". | The Court of Appeal judges said the original sentence was "unduly lenient". |
| Lewis and Walker were originally sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in April. | Lewis and Walker were originally sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court in April. |
| 'Frog-marched' | |
| Sir Igor Judge, sitting with Mr Justice Simon and Mr Justice Akenhead, said there needed to be deterrence "against this kind of bullying behaviour with its unwanted and sometimes unanticipated disastrous consequences". | Sir Igor Judge, sitting with Mr Justice Simon and Mr Justice Akenhead, said there needed to be deterrence "against this kind of bullying behaviour with its unwanted and sometimes unanticipated disastrous consequences". |
| After Shane was assaulted in a dispute about a bike, Lewis and Walker "frog-marched" him to the claypit where he was pelted with stones. | |
| The pair, both from Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. | The pair, both from Wolverhampton, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. |
| At the time, police said Shane had been made to enter the pool after taking a bike from one of the defendants. | |
| Sticks and stones were thrown at the boy, who was not a strong swimmer, to stop him getting out. | |
| Prosecutors told Birmingham Crown Court a dozen people gathered on the bank and watched. | |
| In a letter read out in court, Walker, of no fixed address, apologised for what he did. |