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[7] It appears that two weeks before the present offences Social Services had removed her two children from her care and placed them with their paternal grandmother where she acknowledges they are well looked after. The appellant was distraught by this event and reported to Dr Pollock that as a result she suffered feelings of anxiety, anger and loss.
[8] Dr Pollock records that for some three months prior to his interview with the appellant in September 2016 she had been in a new relationship upon which she commented very positively and optimistically. She indicated to him that she was making efforts with the help of her new boyfriend to embrace a new way of life without drink and drugs and felt that she was now willing to ask for help.
[9] The grounds of appeal propounded by Mr Declan Quinn are eleven in number but may be subsumed under five broad headings:
(i) That a starting point of five years was excessive upon the facts of this case.
(ii) That the sentencing judge adopted an unconventional route to arrive at the sentence of four years imprisonment.
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