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Attorney General asked to review 'unduly lenient' sentence handed to gun-toting teens

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The Attorney General has been asked to review whether a sentence handed to two teens who committed a gunpoint robbery and took police on a 100mph chase through Manchester was 'unduly lenient'.

Derick Dapaah and Samuel Mozimbi, both aged 18, were spared custody despite admitting a string of robbery, driving and firearms offences at Manchester Crown Court last week.

Judge Sarah Johnston heard Dapaah had already served 10 months in custody because he committed a second robbery while on bail.

Sentencing both defendants to Youth Referall Orders she conceded some might view her approach as 'lenient' but said the court's priority had to be 'preventing

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