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Jack Gramenz

UNBELIEVABLE: Jail term cut for driver who killed toddler in backyard - Caught on Camera

An appeal court has cut the jail term for a driver who killed a toddler while fleeing police. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A man whose flight from police led to the death of a toddler when he drove through a suburban backyard has had his "manifestly excessive" jail sentence reduced.

The judge who jailed Christopher Chandler for at least 13 years in 2017 said he knew there was a risk of serious injury to people when he deliberately drove a stolen Audi through a fence into the western Sydney backyard where four children were playing.

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