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PA & Paul Britton

Community sentence for man caught in police child sex sting was not 'unduly lenient', judges rule

The sentence in court of a man caught in a police child sex sting was not 'unduly lenient', appeal court judges have ruled

Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson, failed to convince the judges that Liam Diver, who admitted trying to arrange a child sex offence, was punished incorrectly after he was handed a community sentence.

The appeal judges on Wednesday dismissed Mr Tomlinson's challenge and refused to alter the community order given to Diver, 34, from Wythenshawe.

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