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Three Court of Appeal judges agreed with Solicitor General Oliver Heald that the original 12-month suspended jail term was "unduly lenient" and would not act as a deterrent to others.
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Charlotte Justine Cotterell, 22, from Yate, pleaded guilty to one charge of abuse and was given a four-month jail term suspended for two years.
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Billie Dunn pleaded no contest in June 2011 to making a false report to law enforcement and received a suspended 90-day jail term with probation.
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The mother was banned for 10 years and given a six-week jail term, suspended for 12 months.
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Jason Gardiner, 43, of Hartcliffe, who admitted two charges of abuse, was given a four month jail term was suspended for two years and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
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He was also barred from practicing as a sports doctor for four years, but under the Spanish legal system his jail term will be suspended.
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Interestingly, the prosecutor and magistrate today both raised, in abstract terms, the possibility of the charges against Oscar Pistorius being reduced from murder to culpable homicide - something which could mean a fine or suspended sentence rather than a long jail term.
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