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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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No remorse and no responsibility: Body modifier handed lengthy jail sentence

Body modifier Brendan Leigh Russell has been jailed.

A body modifier convicted of manslaughter after a silicon snowflake he implanted into a young woman's hands became infected has been jailed for at least seven years and six months.

Judge Helen Syme on Monday in the NSW District Court sentenced Brendan Leigh Russell to a maximum 10 years in prison for crimes she said he's shown no remorse, acceptance, or responsibility for at any time.

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