article_snippet.sent: Bob Spragg, defending, told the court how the victim had 'simply got the wrong end of the stick'.
article_snippet.sent: This was entirely without foundation and streamed from the defendant being nice to her former partner. '
article_snippet.sent: An immediate term of imprisonment would crush the defendant.'
article_snippet.sent: There is of course remorse although I take that as limited given the late plea and lack of cooperation during the case. '
article_snippet.sent: I can't draw back from immediate sentence leaving someone disabled in this way.'
article_snippet.sent: Judge Simon Hickey told her partner inside your house: 'That is the lowest sentence I can pass given my public duty.'