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Emily Woods

Serial thug gets jail sentence reduced on appeal

Jay Stephens' father Jared Pihlgren was jailed for 12 years over the attack. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A man jailed for bashing a police commissioner, who went on to commit a "vicious and cruel" attack with his father on another stranger, has received a shorter prison term on appeal.

Jay Stephens was locked up for five years and nine months in 2023 for chasing a man leaving a karaoke bar through Melbourne CBD before punching him 14 times and stomping on his head.

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