Even though crimes which resulted in death were to be treated more seriously following the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, a sentence of three-and-a-half years' imprisonment for manslaughter where no harm had been intended to the victim was manifestly excessive.

CA (Crim Div) (Moore-Bick LJ, Rafferty J, MacDuff J) 20/4/2011
[2011] EWCA Crim 1206