THE jail sentence of a man who savagely beat his father to death with a cricket bat has been challenged as too low.
Phillip Tajinder Badwal was jailed for life earlier this month for the murder of Santokh 'Charlie' Singh.
Judge Jonathan Rose set a 20-year minimum term, and a bid has now been made to the Attorney General under a scheme that allows lenient sentences to be reviewed.
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Badwal, 25, attacked Mr Singh at the family home in Airedale Road, Undercliffe, Bradford, on November 30, 2020.
He brutally assaulted his father the day after his 59th birthday, beating him with a cricket bat, kicking him with a shod foot, stamping on him and assaulting him with a metal dog bowl.
“It was a savage, brutal and persistent assault on a defenceless man,” Judge Rose said.
Badwal changed his plea to guilty to murder part way through a trial.
A request has been made that the Attorney General’s Office consider whether the sentence should be referred to the Court of Appeal through the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
The scheme allows victims of crime, their families, prosecutors and the public to ask for a review of sentences for certain crimes that they believe are too low.
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