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| Penistone hammer attack: Dad's life sentence increased | Penistone hammer attack: Dad's life sentence increased |
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| A man who tried to kill his three children and step-daughter in a hammer attack before a crashing his car at 92mph has had his jail term increased. | A man who tried to kill his three children and step-daughter in a hammer attack before a crashing his car at 92mph has had his jail term increased. |
| Owen Scott had been jailed for life for four counts of attempted murder and dangerous driving after the crash near Penistone, South Yorkshire. | Owen Scott had been jailed for life for four counts of attempted murder and dangerous driving after the crash near Penistone, South Yorkshire. |
| Scott, 29, of Hampshire, had his minimum term increased by the Court of Appeal from 14 to 24 years. | Scott, 29, of Hampshire, had his minimum term increased by the Court of Appeal from 14 to 24 years. |
| The children were inside the car when he crashed it into a pub last August. | The children were inside the car when he crashed it into a pub last August. |
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| Two girls, aged seven and eight, and two boys, aged 21 months and nine months, were seriously injured with all four youngsters suffering brain damage in the crash. | |
| As a result of her injuries, one of his daughters will be wheelchair-dependent for the rest of her life. | |
| Challenging the original sentence, Solicitor General Robert Buckland said the 14-year term for Scott, from Fawley, had been unduly lenient. |