McIlveen sentences may be appealed

Jail terms handed down for the sectarian murder of a man in the North may be appealed against for being too lenient, it was disclosed today.

Jail terms handed down for the sectarian murder of a man in the North may be appealed against for being too lenient, it was disclosed today.

Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alasdair Fraser has asked Attorney-General Baroness Scotland to consider if the sentences following the Michael McIlveen trial could be increased.

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