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| Lewis Gill: Death punch man's jail term upheld | Lewis Gill: Death punch man's jail term upheld |
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| A four-year jail sentence given to a man who killed a vulnerable man with a single punch has been upheld. | A four-year jail sentence given to a man who killed a vulnerable man with a single punch has been upheld. |
| Court of Appeal judges ruled the sentence given to Lewis Gill, 21, of Sutton, south London, was not "unduly lenient". | Court of Appeal judges ruled the sentence given to Lewis Gill, 21, of Sutton, south London, was not "unduly lenient". |
| Andrew Young, 40, who had Asperger's Syndrome, died after being struck by Gill in Bournemouth in November. | Andrew Young, 40, who had Asperger's Syndrome, died after being struck by Gill in Bournemouth in November. |
| Gill's jail term for manslaughter, imposed in February, had been referred by the Attorney General Dominic Grieve. | Gill's jail term for manslaughter, imposed in February, had been referred by the Attorney General Dominic Grieve. |
| He argued it did not properly reflect the gravity of what Gill did. | |
| But three judges in London decided the sentence should stand. | |
| Mr Young was punched once by Gill in an unprovoked attack outside a Tesco Express store after he challenged a cyclist who was riding his bike on the pavement. | |
| CCTV images of the assault showed Mr Young talking to the cyclist before Gill - an acquaintance of the cyclist - arrived at the scene. | |
| The cyclist then rode off and Gill appeared to turn to follow him, before suddenly lunging towards Mr Young and punching him in the head. | |
| Mr Young immediately fell to the ground, where he lay motionless. | |
| Gill glanced back at him before walking away. | |
| Mr Young suffered a serious head injury and later died in Southampton Hospital. |