But Attorney General Dominic Grieve had argued at the Court of Appeal that the terms were "unduly lenient".
Not least because many Tory MPs - as individuals - will not grieve too much at the loss of boundary changes.
Mr Grieve had suggested at a hearing in February that longer sentences should have been imposed on the four men to deter others from committing similar crimes.
Mr Thompson's widow, Jo, said she could at last grieve for her "kind and loving" man.
Bristol kick off their play-off campaign at home to Worcester on Sunday and Grieve has identified ball retention and ball placement at the breakdown as key areas they need to work on before tackling the Championship table toppers.
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"We haven't really had a chance to properly grieve, " he said at the time.
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While we grieve her passing, we are at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy.
For the Conservatives, shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve told BBC Radio 4's The World at One that Ms Smith's comments had been "quite astonishing".
Witnesses will be Sir Menzies Campbell, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, and Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions (at 12.30 pm).
Judges at London's Court of Appeal agreed with Dominic Grieve the sentence had been "unduly lenient" and raised Khosravi's sentence to 11 years.
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The case prosecution team took its appeal to Attorney General Dominic Grieve who agreed the sentences should have been harsher and personally represented the prosecutors at the Court of Appeal in front of three judges, including Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice.
Dr Grieve said this could have been Dr Kamal desperately trying to fight off her attacker at first but was also likely to be a seizure brought on by the lack of oxygen to her brain.
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