Judge calls for sentencing guideline review after PSNI officer murder case

A judge in the North has said he would back a review of sentencing guidelines after his decision to jail a policeman's killer for 14 years was criticised by the officer's widow.

Judge calls for sentencing guideline review after PSNI officer murder case

A judge in the North has said he would back a review of sentencing guidelines after his decision to jail a policeman's killer for 14 years was criticised by the officer's widow.

Kate Carroll hit out at the sentence handed to a member of a dissident republican gang that murdered Constable Stephen Carroll in Craigavon, Co Armagh, in March 2009.

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