www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-41813992
Looks like life is getting cheaper ...
A woman who killed a stranger by pushing him into the path of a tram during a drunken row has been jailed.
Charissa Brown-Wellington, 31, shoved Philip Carter, 30, between two carriages at Manchester Victoria station on 11 June. Mr Carter, from Blackley, was crushed by the tram and died at the scene.
Brown-Wellington, from Chadderton, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was given a five-year prison term at Manchester Crown Court.
The court heard that Brown-Wellington was drunk and under the influence of drugs when she became involved in an argument with Mr Carter, who had also been drinking, at the station.
She admitted pushing him but denied intending to cause him serious harm.
The court heard she had a lengthy criminal record of 65 offences, many of which involved violence.
In sentencing, Mr Justice William Davis told Brown-Wellington that although her actions were not unprovoked they were "completely unnecessary" and "aggressive".
"There was more than one victim in this case because the effect of what you did was so dreadful. It is merely yet another example of you reacting violently when faced with something you did not like very much," he said.
Mr Carter's family said he was "missed every minute of every day". "We can try to repair our heartache although no matter how long the sentence is, it will not bring Phil back or make our loss any easier," they said.
On her release, Brown-Wellington will be subject to an extended licence period of three years as a dangerous offender.
Bob Tonge, senior investigating officer at Greater Manchester Police, said Mr Carter died in "the most horrific circumstances". "He suffered a brutal death all because she lost her temper and she will now have to live with that as she carries out her prison sentence," he said.
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Manchester tram push death: Woman jailed for five years
LurkingHusband · 01/11/2017 17:02
65 previous convictions, some for violence!
She killed a man by pushing him under/in front of a tram! It was not an accident as she claimed.
WTAF! 5 years?
Please tell me someone is appealing on the grounds if unduly leniemt sentence?
The woman is effectively a loaded gun, with a hair trigger and the safety catch off! 
There are terrible stories every day 
Not sure what this triggered in me ... maybe the knowledge that someone minding their own business never made it home, which is something very raw inside me 
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The charge - manslaughter - allows for up to life imprisonment, so I really would like to know what the mitigating circumstances were to bring it down to five years were. Bearing in mind that if the sentence was five years, she could be out in 30 months.
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