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A father who killed his two-year-old son in a Christmas Day buggy crash after he lost control while doing a burnout will be jailed after an appeal by prosecutors.
Christopher Browne avoided jail when sentenced in the Victorian County Court after admitting he was to blame for the death of two-year-old Lincoln.
The youngster was thrown from an ATV buggy and crushed while his father did doughnuts at their family property at Barnawartha North in Victoria's northeast in 2020.
Browne was placed on a three-year community corrections order, along with 250 hours of community work and ongoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Browne (pictured) was re-sentenced to 15 months jail time after a successful appeal by prosecutors, who argued his case was 'no different' to a similar case where a Victorian father was jailed for more than three years
But prosecutors challenged the sentence, saying the case was no different to another Victorian father jailed for more than three years for causing the death of his nine-year-old daughter in a buggy crash.
Browne was re-sentenced to 15 months behind bars by the Victorian Court of Appeal on Friday. He must serve six months before he is eligible for parole.
Three appeal judges noted Browne had deliberately disregarded several safety precautions including holding his son on his lap and overriding a seatbelt-activated speed
