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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

'He mutilated an innocent person': Killer's sentence inadequate, court told

Murderer Jayscen Newby, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Picture: Instagram

"Where are we going?"

That was the question the territory's Director of Public Prosecutions posed in the ACT Court of Appeal on Thursday, as he wondered how light jail sentences might become for murderers who had not "mutilated an innocent person" and later laughed about it.

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