The Appellant was convicted of manslaughter contrary to
section 195 of the Penal Code [Cap 16 R.E. 2002] on his own plea of guilty to
the charge. He was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. Having passed the
sentence, the learned trial judge ordered that the time that the Appellant had
spent in remand custody was to be deducted from the 20 years imposed. Aggrieved
with the sentence the Appellant appealed to this Court. The issue before the
Court was whether or not the sentence of 20 years was too severe in the light
of the mitigating factors that were presented to the court.