A brawler who "acted like a sniper" during a fatal street fight that killed Melbourne man David Cassai has had his jail term more than doubled.
Victorian Court of Appeal justices Chris Maxwell, Mark Weinberg and Joseph Santamaria said random street violence was a scourge on society and more must be done to deter offenders.
Tyrone Steven Russell, 23, had his sentence increased from 15 months to three years and his non-parole period from eight months to 17 months following an appeal by prosecutors.
The Perth man was charged with recklessly causing injury, recklessly causing serious injury, and affray after he and two others launched the unprovoked attack on Mr Cassai and his friends in Rye on New Year's Eve 2012.
Mr Cassai suffered a fractured skull and died hours later.
Outside the court on Tuesday, Mr Cassai's mother, Caterina Politi, said three years was better but the court process had added more pain to the family's loss.
"It's adequate," she said of Russell's new sentence.
"He acted like a sniper that night, taking out (Mr Cassai's friends) Julian and Jesse that night and they couldn't help David, so maybe if he didn't participate they might have been able to help David, but that didn't happen."
Ms Politi cried as she called for tougher sentencing and more police on the streets.
"We all have to live without David any more. The pain doesn't get any less," she said.
The Court of Appeal judgment said random street violence had profound and enduring consequences, and in the case of Mr Cassai, one young man died, another was seriously injured, bystanders were terrified and the victims' families "engulfed by sorrow".
Dylan Closter, 20, was jailed for nine years and three months with a minimum of six years for Mr Cassai's manslaughter.
Thomas Francis McCluskey-Sharp, 26, will be sentenced this month for his role in the brawl.
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