Kidnapper who will be free in just 3 years after leaving teenager, 19, brain damaged to have sentence reviewed
28.01.2022 - 16:14
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A thug who left a 19-year-old girl brain damaged after kidnapping her is due to have his sentence reviewed with three years to go until he's free.
Angel Lynn suffered life-changing injuries after her ex-boyfriend, Chay Bowskill, and his friend Rocco Sansome kidnapped her.
The pair, both 20, were jailed on Thursday with Bowskill, of Empingham Drive, receiving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence while Sansome received 21 months at Leicester Crown Court.
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But the Attorney General, Suella Braverman, has confirmed a complaint has been filed in regards to Bowskill's sentence, the Mirror reports.
The complaint will be reviewed with the legal chief deciding whether it will be referred to the Court of Appeal or not.
It comes after Angel's family declared they were "furious" at Bowskill's "unduly lenient" sentence.
The incident has left Angel unable to communicate, walk or feed herself while also requiring 24-hour care.
She received the injuries after exiting a speeding vehicle travelling at an estimated 60mph on the A6 towards Loughborough, Leicestershire - how she left the vehicle is still unclear.
Bowskill was cleared of "unintentionally causing her grievous bodily harm" due to the fact that it could not be proven how she left the vehicle.
Sansome, of Walnip Lane, Birstall, admitted to possession of cannabis and driving the van while unfit to drive from being under the influence of cannabis on the morning of the incident.
Judge Spencer noted that Sansome's role in the incident was less serious than Bowskill's.
The prosecution was unable to prove Angel was thrown or pushed out of the vehicle while the defence claimed she jumped or fell accidentally onto the road.
Bowskill was convicted of kidnapping alongside