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Brain injury can be a devastating disability, and given the brain’s complexity and the differences in the types, locations, and extent of damage, the effects of a brain injury can be wide and varied. Some occur immediately, and some may take days or even years to appear.

The most common after effects of undiagnosed concussion and head trauma are memory issues, drug and alcohol dependency, anger outbursts family violence,road rage and criminality. Any one of the symptoms can alter or devastate a person’s life, and brain injury is made all the more difficult by the fact that it’s often hard to see and just as often misdiagnosed or dismissed as “personality problems” or a perceived mental disorder. But in fact, it is a serious and legitimate illness where sufferers deserve all the help and support they can get.

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Four-and-a-half-year manslaughter sentence could get appeal court referral

Lewis Gill pleaded guilty to killing Andrew Young, who had Asperger's, with a single punch in Bournemouth last year
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CCTV footage of the moments before Lewis Gill, 20, threw the fatal punch at Andrew Young
CCTV footage of the moments before Lewis Gill, 20, threw the fatal punch at Andrew Young. Photograph: Dorset police/PA

A four-and-a-half-year jail sentence handed to a man who killed someone with a single punch in an unprovoked attack could be referred to the court of appeal, the attorney general has said.

Andrew Young, 40, died after being struck by Lewis Gill, 20, in Bournemouth, Dorset, on 6 November last year in an assault that was caught on CCTV.

Gill later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced at Salisbury crown court to four and a half years in prison – a sentence branded an "absolute joke" by Young's family.

The attorney general's office has confirmed it is considering whether to refer the sentence to the court of appeal for being unduly lenient after receiving complaints. Only one complaint is required to trigger the process.

The attorney general has until 21 March to make a decision on the referral.

CCTV images of the assault show Young, who had Asperger's, challenging a cyclist who was riding his bike on the pavement. After one minute of discussion, Gill – an acquaintance of the cyclist – arrives at the scene.

The cyclist rides off and Gill appears to turn to follow him, but suddenly lunges toward Young and launches a single vicious punch at his head. Young immediately falls to the ground, where he lies motionless. Gill, of Sutton, south London, glances back at him as he walks away.

Young suffered a serious head injury and later died in Southampton hospital.

Young's mother, Pamela, told the Daily Mail: "You can see Andrew didn't cause Lewis Gill any harm.

"I wish that awful man who took my son away had pleaded not guilty so he would have got a longer sentence. The sentence is an absolute joke."

Dorset police released the CCTV images, which were shown to the sentencing judge.

Detective Inspector Marcus Hester, of Dorset police's major crime team, said: "This was a violent attack on an innocent man, which had a tragic outcome.

"This case shows that violence does not resolve anything and can have far-reaching consequences not imagined at the time.

"Today the court has issued a sentence deemed appropriate and in accordance with the evidence put to them.

"Criminal behaviour such as this will not be tolerated and we are committed to bringing offenders to justice."

The incident happened outside the Tesco Metro store in Charminster Road, Bournemouth.

Gill is to serve a further six months' imprisonment for other matters.

The victims' commissioner, Lady Newlove, whose husband, Garry, was killed by a gang vandalising his car, said: "I'm appalled by this disgraceful act of violence – my thoughts go out to the victim's family and friends at this time.

"It's entirely right that the sentence will be reviewed for this shocking crime.

"I know how traumatic it is to go through the courts as a victim – when you are already so hurt and vulnerable. That's why I urge everyone involved in this case to put victims first in the pursuit of justice."



 
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