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The article discusses the court case R. v. Evans involving Gemma Evans and her mother, Andrea Townsend, who were convicted of the gross negligence manslaughter of the former's 16-year-old half sister, Carly Townsend. Carly died due to a heroin overdose at Andrea's home. Evans, who received a four-year custodial sentence, appealed based on the grounds that the trial judge was wrong to have directed the jury that it was a situation capable of giving rise to a duty of care.