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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kevin Rawlinson

Calls for review of ‘lenient’ sentence of man who left partner to die

Clare Bell
Clare Bell. Stafford crown court found Mark Clowes guilty of her gross negligence manslaughter. Photograph: Staffordshire police

A man who avoided jail over the gross negligence manslaughter of his partner, who died after a scalding bath, should have his “unduly lenient” sentence reviewed, campaigners have said.

Mark Clowes was given a two-year suspended sentence last week after a jury unanimously found him responsible for the death of Clare Bell, who he refused to help as she lay pleading for him to do so.

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