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Leicester Wedding Attack: Jail Term Raised
6 Mar
Summary
- Man's sentence increased to 10 years from seven-and-a-half.
- Three people were seriously injured in the May last year incident.
- The Court of Appeal deemed the initial sentence 'unduly lenient'.
A man's jail sentence for driving his car into a crowd outside a wedding has been increased. Govinder Singh, 28, was given an additional sentence of 10 years by the Court of Appeal. This follows his initial sentencing of seven-and-a-half years in November.
The incident occurred in May of last year in Leicester, where Singh seriously injured three individuals. He had been called to a party after his brother was ejected for being drunk and uninvited. After striking the crowd, Singh exited the vehicle and engaged in physical altercations before fleeing the scene and concealing the car's license plates.
Among those injured were a club employee who sustained severe pelvic injuries and Singh's cousin, who suffered a head injury, including a brain bleed and fractured knee cap. The Court of Appeal judges determined the original sentence was "plainly insufficient" to encompass the full extent of Singh's criminal actions, noting his subsequent lies about the car's use.
