More tough words and weak sentences.

At 18 years of age Masters had reached his majority, so why sentence him to a young offenders' institution?

Bill Q, Derby,

Hang all three. Put it in on youtube....

With the video evidence their is no doubt they are guilty. So hang them so we can all see and then see how much of a detterant that is...

Or give them a 6 year sentance (so they only serve 3 at most) in a cushy young offenders hospital where thay get to see their old mum every week and play playstation....

What a joke the system has become...

Daniel, Bristol,

Why do you even print stories like this? They always have the same unhappy ending with light sentences leaving in their wake a sense that punishment, yet again, doesn't fit the crime. The British judicial system is already held in low enough esteem by British citizens. Why add to this?

John, London, UK

A man is dead.
Two men punched and kicked him until he died.
An accomplice filmed the attack.
Was the death manslughter (unintentional) or murder (premeditated)?
While it could be argued that the camera could equally well have been used to photograph flowers or little birds in the park in this instance It would seem that setting out with a camera and using it to film the attack showed premeditation.

C.U.JAMES, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

Well said Nick, couldn't agree more!

Simon Cross, Nottingham, England

Six years in a cushy young offenders jail? FOR MURDER? We should hang this scum and sterilize their parents.

nick Strada, london,

Manslaughter resulting from the deliberate - and wilful - aggression of several people agains one is not to be confused with, eg, the inadvertent death of a person embroiled in a punch up with another person. In the former case, the consequences, whilst not aimed for, certainly can be guessed at. This alone demands a higher penalty, as the offence is agravated, sustained and perpetrated by enough people that the outcome is almost foregone. These nasty pieces of work should be put away for at least a decade each.

Budgie Sargent, High Wycombe,

Rob, Murder is where you kill someone intending to cause death or serious injury (i.e. GBH). Clearly, these youths pleaded guilty on the basis they did not intend to cause such serious injury because the victim died of a ruptured spleen rather than, say, a head injury.

David, London,

Strange isn't it? If you embezzle, defraud or steal money, you are likely to get a longer sentance than if you kill someone. Just goes to show where our priorities lie.

Ron, m, Bucks

It is disgusting what some people can do. Jugde summarised it rightly, we all are sick and tired ot these bored and not bothered teenagers. Girl should definitely be regarded as aiding and abetting and I am pleased CPS decided to prosecute her. Will custodial sentence change them..probably not, but definitely worth as a punishment. If, one day, they have matured, the shame and horror of what they commited will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

adriana, Telford,

Murder is premeditated and, evil tho this is, it is quite clearly not meditated and so counts as manslaughter. They did not expect to kill him as I am sure that people like these three do not think that far ahead.

rob, singapore,

Why is this manslaughter and not murder

john wood, Uxbridge,

So all you get is six or seven years for killing someone, but of course they won't even serve that. Why bother prosecuting at all?

Sentences like these encourage killings and, more or less, say it's ok. They must be laughing.

The minimum tariff for this should be 25 years

John, Hong Kong, China

The public are also sick of the the so called justice system which continually fails to either keep these people off the streets or impliment strong measures to hopefully bring others to their senses.
Being drunk should not be seen as an excuse but moreso an extenuation of the crime as people by now know drunkeness can lead to acts one would not normally do. Given this understanding one could say someone intent on getting to the state of being totaly drunk and out of control do so in the full knowledge that they may do something crazy. Is that not as premeditated as the person driving a vehicle under the influence and killing.

Roger, Plymouth, Devon