Melbourne one-punch killer appeals five-year jail sentence
A one-punch killer has appealed against his five-year jail sentence, arguing it is excessive.
Patrick Cronin, 19, was 'coward punched' outside the Windy Mile pub in Diamond Creek, Melbourne, during a fight involving up to 30 people in April last year and later died.
His attacker Andrew William Lee was jailed for a maximum of eight years after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Patrick Cronin, 19, (pictured) was 'coward punched' outside the Windy Mile pub in Diamond Creek, Melbourne during a fight involving up to 30 people in April last year
His attacker Andrew William Lee (pictured) was jailed for a maximum of eight years after pleading guilty to manslaughter
But Lee has launched an appeal only a week after Patrick's devastated parents wrote a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions saying the sentence was too lenient, the Herald Sun reported.
Lee, a father of a young son, changed his plea to guilty two days into his trial at the Supreme Court of Victoria in September.
Patrick's father, Matt Cronin, on Monday told the publication the appeal was a 'kick in the guts'.
'I'm not shocked but I'm really disappointed,' Mr Cronin said.
In their letter to the DPP, Robyn and Matt Cronin said the sentence was not long enough.
'As victims of the most horrendous crime against our beautiful, innocent son, we are left with no sense of justice and we are seeking your intervention to send a message… that Victoria does not accept and should not accept such lenient sentences for this type of manslaughter,' the letter said.
Pictured: Mr Cronin's parents Robyn and Matt leaving the Supreme Court of Victoria earlier in Lee's trial